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In Reply To: Virtual Pall Care Unit
Previous Message: Re:Virtual Pall Care Unit

Post Re:Virtual Pall Care Unit
Author: rnielsen
Date: Jul 6, 2009 6:49 pm
In Washington our palliative medicine group also runs the Hospice. The advantages of a virtual palliative care group is that:
1. you can develop a skilled group of RNs who can then influence care in the rest of the hospital.
2. The hospital is able to stop the DRG and get at least something for the hospice appropriate days. Our Hospice pays the hospital the GIP rate.
3. It removes those patients from the hospitals mortality statistics.
4. We don't have enough palliative medicine physicians to cover 24/7 so the Inpatient team remains the attending, but still, Our palliative care team can keep a closer eye on them.
5. It helps referrals.
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