Hospice News November 12, 2024
Palliative care clinicians in health systems can apply research to lobby administrators for additional resources.
In doing so, they may get a profile boost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative care’s reputation grew during the pandemic, with more patients and health care organizations recognizing its benefits and value.
Stakeholders can leverage this in discussions with organization leaders, according to Dr. Tamara Vesel, chief of the Palliative Care Division at Tufts Medical Center and associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine.
Vesel and other researchers from Tufts University set out in 2021 to explore the utilization, perceptions and understanding of palliative care among critical care clinicians, hospital leaders and spiritual care providers during the pandemic.
“The pandemic...
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