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Growth House News
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The latest news on quality improvement for care for the dying.
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Health Reform in a New Era: Options for the Obama Administration
Karen Davis of the Commonwealth Fund outlines several realistic scenarios on health reform options for the Obama administration:
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Washington Voters Pass Death with Dignity Act
Assisted suicide measure passed by a vote of 58.68% (yes) to 41.32% (no).
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Harvard PCEP program accepting applications
The Harvard Medical School Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP) is accepting applications for its 2009 trainings. The deadline is January 30, 2009.
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HFA Teleconference on Diversity and End-Of-Life-Care
Hospice Foundation of America is registering sites for its upcoming videoconference on Diversity and End-Of-Life Care.
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Bill introduced to improve access to investigational drugs by terminally ill patients
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) and Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) have introduced the Access, Compassion, Care, and Ethics for Seriously Ill Patients Act (ACCESS) to make it easier for terminally ill patients to use treatments in the investigational phase of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.
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OIG Presents Ways to Improve Quality of Nursing Home Care
Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, testified before Congress on ways to improve the quality of nursing home care.
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Nursing home enforcement needs to get tougher, study says
Center for Medicare Advocacy review of nursing home enforcement decisions shows that serious deficiencies often get only modest fines and penalties, calls for tougher action.
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Inspectors Often Overlook Serious Deficiencies at U.S. Nursing Homes, GAO Report Finds
State nursing home inspectors miss or minimize deficiencies such as malnutrition, severe bedsores, overuse of medications and abuse that pose threats to patients, according to a report by the Govenment Accountability Office .
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BMJ poll shows importance of palliative care
A British Medical Journal (BMJ) poll says palliative care is the area in which doctors can make the greatest difference to patient care.
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Size of the Medicare funding shortfall exceeds that of the mortgage crisis
American Enterprise Institute study says that if Medicare is to pay all of its bills over the next seventy-five years, $36 trillion in general taxes, measured in today's dollars, must be transferred to the trust funds.
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"Slow medicine" helps elderly be heard at lifeâs end
Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical School, slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly.
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Health care meets online social media
California Healthcare Foundation issues report on online social media and Health 2.0.
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FDA approves Relistor for treatment of opioid-induced constipation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Relistor⢠(methylnaltrexone bromide) subcutaneous injection for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in patients with advanced illness who are receiving palliative care, when response to laxative therapy has not been sufficient.
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The Power of Goodbyes
How will you say goodbye when you know that life is coming to an end? Debra Bradley Ruder has a new blog at Growth House sharing stories about how real people face farewells .
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