Hospice News April 19, 2024
Jim Parker

Sierra Community Palliative Care is partnering with Mettle Health to help patients and families navigate potentially life-changing health care decisions.

Sierra is the palliative care arm of California-based Hospice of the Foothills, designed to care for nonterminal patients who have serious or chronic conditions. It seeks to aid with symptom management, prevent unnecessary ER visits, relieve primary care doctors from dealing with high-level pain and give patients the opportunity to voice their goals for care.

Sierra’s parent organization, the nonprofit Hospice of the Foothills, had previously collaborated with Mettle on a conference held last year. Deeping their partnership seemed like a natural next step, according to Mettle Health COO Sonya Dolan.

‘We wanted to give those people more of a...

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