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Diversity and Inclusion in Hospice

From our deep experience in hospice – from both the provider side and now on the side of delivering hospice software and services to local independent agencies across America, hospice agencies are built by people who are professional, altruistic, caring, and compassionate. When we talk about diversity and inclusion, especially in hospice, it’s easy for…

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Medical Benefits of Hospice

“Money! Are you freaking kidding me?!? All hospice is is a greedy money making killing machine! Nice tools you have here to streamline the death of loved ones! Not once did I read where you acknowledge that you are putting souls into eternity! God help us!” While many people are scared of hospice and don’t…

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CAHPS Education: Hospice Discharge & Revocation

The Hospice CHAPS Education edition of valuable insights by our own hospice & palliative professionals covers the following CAHPS survey question: Discharge from Hospice Q: What are the three reasons a hospice may discharge a patient? 1. The patient moves out of the hospices service area or transfers to another hospice. Examples of moving out…

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Hospice & Staff Retention: Part 5, Performance

“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker Reducing turnover and retaining your hospice staff is a critical element to your agency’s success. Reducing turnover impacts your agency’s ability to deliver consistent care with familiar faces which affects patients, referrals, CHAPS reporting, business operations, and much more. Performance, having well…

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Caring Isn’t Enough. Plan for Alignment

Unlike traditional industries, hospice & palliative care providers have organizational & operational structures that pose unique challenges to alignment. While team members may be philosophically aligned around the idea of providing great personalized care to each patient, each team and team member can often find themselves so focused on their tasks and specific goals that…

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Hospice Tools Blog Top 100

We are honored to announce the Hospice Tools Blog has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 100 Hospice Blogs & Websites To Follow! The Hospice Tools Blog & Website is currently ranked #24 and we’re sure we’ll be moving up the rankings soon. As a startup bringing a totally new type of…

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CAHPS Education: Help With Pain

The education edition of valuable insights by our in-house hospice & palliative professionals covers the following CAHPS survey question: While your family member was in hospice care, did the patient get as much help with pain as needed? The potential answers for this question are: Never Sometimes Usually Always The answer you want your agency…

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CAHPS Education: Easy Hospice Education for Patients & Caregivers

The Hospice Tools blog provides valuable insights by our in-house hospice & palliative professionals. Their expertise shows in our flexible EMR. Built from the ground up by hospice & palliative clinical, management, and operations specialists, Hospice Tools delivers a powerful, affordable, and easy to use EMR that simplifies hospice & palliative management. The education topic…

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