In 2019, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States launched the Virtual Home Care Program to provide care and support at home for patients with complex medical conditions such as congestive heart failure ...

In an era of marketing a new generation of primary care services, employers and benefits teams are inundated with pitches around “advanced” primary care. For some in employee benefits, the lingo may ...

Advance directives are legal documents that outline your preferences regarding major medical decisions. The two main types are a living will and a durable power of attorney. An advance directive is ...

As a physician assistant for 25 years, I’ve worked in a variety of settings and with patients of all ages. The one constant has been my passion for making sure I align my patients’ care with their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of end-of-life conversations and completion of advance directives increased after the intervention. The ...

During a medical emergency or a serious illness or at the end of life, questions may arise about a patient’s medical treatment and how their care team should proceed. In instances where the patient is ...

Data has shown that roughly one-quarter of traditional Medicare spending for healthcare is for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in their last year of life—a proportion that has remained ...

Several triggers, such as consultations for malignancy and heart failure, noted in electronic health records (EHRs) of older adults were associated with mortality. The initiation of advance care ...

Nursing homes could soon be measured on their ability to capture advance care planning documents for their patients, according to a federal publication. On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A multilevel care intervention increase advanced care planning versus clinician-level intervention alone for ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You never know when a situation could arise that would make you unable to make your own decisions, including when it comes to your health care. Have you thought about what you would ...