We need a national strategy to expand access to palliative care, train the next generation of clinicians, and build the infrastructure that allows for scalable, tech-enabled, patient-centered delivery.
A new report by NORC at the University of Chicago reveals earlier enrollment in hospice and longer lengths of stay increase patient and family satisfaction while lowering total costs of care – reaffirming what hospice providers have known for years.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
There’s a lingering misperception among many patients, loved ones, and even healthcare professionals that hospice care is useful only in a patient’s last days or weeks of life.
Tech-enabled hospice provider Guaranteed recently closed a $6.5 million seed round, bringing its total funding to $9.25 million. Jessica McGlory founded the startup a year ago so that patients and their families can have more dignified and holistic end-of-life care experiences than what she and her father went through.
Correctly deployed hospice and end-of-life care results in major reductions in unnecessary utilization and significantly decreases medical costs.
Some people are very surprised when they go to inpatient hospice, are stabilized and told to go home.
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.