Advance care planning is about much more than just age. It is the process of communicating information about a patient’s diagnosis, treatment options, life goals, values and wishes. It often involves ...

As people set New Year’s resolutions and plan for the future, health experts say advance care planning should be part of that ...

An end-of-life conversation may increase hope in patients with cancer, however many patients may be getting it from oncologists when it’s a “too little too late,” an expert said. For a patient with ...

Univera Healthcare officials are looking to prompt the beginning of advance care planning conversations between adults and their physicians or nurse practitioners. “Conversations change lives,” said ...

A strategy for advance care planning (ACP) that included automated outreach from staff who contacted patients to offer assistance significantly boosted the number of patients who completed ...

Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Yael Schenker to discuss a new clinical trial testing the best way of engaging patients with Advance Care Planning (ACP), the process of understanding personal values, life ...

A strategy for advance care planning (ACP) that included automated outreach from staff who contacted patients to offer assistance significantly boosted the number of patients who completed ...

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 ...

Laura Templeton is senior vice president and chief clinical operations officer at Compassus. Talking about the end of our lives may be considered taboo, but it’s an important discussion to have with ...

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 ...