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A Story from Project Safe Conduct
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
A large portion of the Safe Conduct team's efforts takes the form of gentle and persistent probing for problems that patients choose to keep to themselves.
Pathways of Caring: Model Program to Provide Comprehensive Palliative Care to Veterans
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center operated Pathways of Caring to help dying veterans receiving health care services at the medical center.
FOOTPRINTS: Community-Based Hospice Services for Terminally Ill Children and Their Families: Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center (St. Louis, Mo.)
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center and the Saint Louis University School of Medicine established FOOTPRINTS to serve children who were terminally ill and their families.
A Story from a Palliative Care Program for People Dying in Nursing Homes
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
If anything defines the transformation created by the palliative care initiative at the Pines it is the shift in the way staff members view their role in caring for patients, and the results of their greater involvement.
Project Safe Conduct: Collaborative Interagency Program to Improve End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients and Their Families
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
Case Western Reserve University, in partnership with Hospice of the Western Reserve and the Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospital, created Project Safe Conduct.
Introducing Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Services in Seven Intensive Care Units
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
The University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle created an intervention designed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU).
N.Y. Mental Health Providers Reach Out to Chinese Americans After September 11th
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center expanded its mental health services to address the needs of the Chinese-American community following the September 11th terrorist attack in Manhattan.
Massachusetts Study Finds Mental Health Counseling Curbs Needle Sharing
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers interviewed IV-drug users and analyzed treatment and outcome data to explore whether drug treatment and other services can help reduce their drug use and other behaviors that increase their risk of HIV infection.
Nurses' Home Visits Help Young Massachusetts Mothers
July 11, 2008 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2001, the Friends of Children's Trust Fund evaluated and disseminated findings on its Healthy Families Massachusetts program, which provides home visits for new mothers under the age of 20.
Johns Hopkins Public Health School Study Finds Preventable Hospitalizations Common for Dual Medicare/Medicaid Enrollees
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
In a survey of more than 2,100 dual Medicare/Medicaid enrollees in six states, researchers found that 25 percent of all hospitalizations within one year were preventable.