News Bites

Why flexible palliative care models are needed in ACOs in order to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospitalizations.

How adapting meaning-centered psychotherapy can help clinicians manage work-related distress and improve well-being.

Family caregivers are vital in transplant care, but support and education gaps remain.

A needs assessment of obstetrician gynecologists (OBGYN) residency training highlighted a need for palliative care training.

A qualitative study found that caregivers of CMC experience intense and often conflicting positive and negative changes to their emotional well-being.

Findings emphasize the need for comprehensive palliative care education in child neurology residency programs.

Findings suggest that support from the intervention may enhance parental well-being and coping mechanisms.

Using a standardized deprescribing assessment tool helped palliative care pharmacists reduce unnecessary medications, improving patient safety and quality of life.

Study finds possible association between patient outcomes and a palliative care program's maturity.

Pilot study found interprofessional intervention to improve teamwork and communication in pediatric ICU pre-family meeting huddles.

American Cancer Society researchers find that clinicians and the organizations they work for play a critical role in whether patients with advanced cancer receive palliative care.

A recent Healio article emphasizes that a patient's voice, and timely, coordinated, multidisciplinary care are critical in cancer care.

A Palliative Care News article covers how workforce growth and referral relationships are critical to sustainability and scale for palliative care.

In a recent study, online clinical training for medical speech-language pathologists improved participants self-perceived knowledge and comfort in palliative care.

Research uncovers views of pediatric oncology nurses in their with psychosocial support while caring for Black children living with serious illness, and their families.