Hospice News July 29, 2024
Hospice care does not occur in a vacuum, and many operators find themselves building partnerships with other community organizations to better serve patients and support their staff.
Providers work with other institutions to provide general inpatient and respite care, address social determinants of health and improve health equity, among other initiatives. Some also partner with medical and nursing schools to ensure students in health care fields gain exposure to hospice and palliative care principles.
“It really takes the entire community to serve this population and for us to be successful as an organization and, most importantly, for our patients to be successful in their journey of care. We are really required to partner with many entities,” Skelly Wingard, CEO of...