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Making the Case for Community-based Palliative Care: Identify the Need and Present the ROI

Guest Contributor: Kathy Brandt

I hear it from administrators and clinicians across the country, “how do I show my CEO/executive team/board that community-based palliative care is worth the investment of time and resources?” The answer… identify the need and present the return on investment that is important to your audience.

Unlike hospital-based palliative care, finding the data to demonstrate the need is hard to come by unless you have access to data through a payer or a health system. However it is possible for providers to utilize publically available data to demonstrate the potential return on investment of a community-based palliative care program.

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Demonstrating the Value of Your Community-based Palliative Care Program

Guest Contributor: Kathy Brandt

Most of us working in palliative care and hospice have a passion for the work we do. We believe that the healthcare system places a higher value on efficiencies and cost savings than it does on providing holistic care or improving quality of life for patients and families. Don’t get me wrong, we all know highly compassionate and skilled professionals working in every aspect of healthcare, it is the system itself that is fractured.

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Institute Celebrates Milestones and Bestows Awards

The Sept. 7 ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new headquarters of the California State University Institute for Palliative Care was truly a milestone event.

CSU Institute for Palliative Care Executive Director Helen McNeal reflected on the Institute’s accomplishments in her remarks.

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