New drug policy too burdensome, hospices say
US – Reuters
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services met Wednesday with 30 hospice and healthcare organizations after outcry over a new rule. The rule was designed to help avoid duplicate payments for hospice medications but may be having unintended consequences.
Kerala’s flag flew high in Odisha
Pallium India Blog
Kerala’s flag flew high during a workshop on “Innovative practices in the health sector” organized at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha on 23-24 June 2014. About 80 senior officials from all over Odisha attended the workshop where 14 innovators in health care from various parts of the country got together to listen, discuss and learn. The program was organized by the Centre for Innovations in Public Systems (CIPS).
Europe euthanasia rulings spur debate
Associated Press
Demonstrators dressed as mime artists hold placards which read “no to the euthanasia of elderly people, solidarity is urgent,” at Trocadero plaza in Paris, Tuesday June 24, 2014.
Adolescent palliative care room opens at Newcastle’s John Hunter Children’s Hospital
ehospice Australia
Australia’s first adolescent palliative care room within an acute treatment hospital was opened this week at John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle (NSW). The new room in the hospital’s adolescent area is the only such facility available for teenagers in regional NSW.
Reflections from the Front Line: One Chance to Get It Right
ehospice UK
Regular contributor and hospice educator, Sarah Russell, reflects on yesterday’s publication of ‘One Chance to Get it Right’; guidance which succeeds the Liverpool Care Pathway.
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