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April 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 1999, researchers at the market research firm Gordon S. Black Corp. (now Harris Interactive), Rochester, N.Y., conducted a study to determine the factors and persons that influence physicians' decision to refer their patients to hospice.
August 1, 2004 | Program Result
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Madison, Wis., in partnership with Tellens, a documentary and film production company in Evanston, Ill., conducted research for a documentary video on Dame Cicely Saunders of Great Britain, founder of the modern hospice/palliative care movement.
January 29, 2002 | Program Result
Samaritan Hospice, located in Moorestown, N.J., started the SOLO Live Alone Program to provide in-home services to elderly patients without resident caregivers in Camden, Burlington, Gloucester and Mercer counties.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Starting in 1997, the Hospice Federation of Massachusetts developed and disseminated a model for conducting a statewide public awareness campaign for hospice services.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1998, the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Va., carried out Final Gifts, a national research study of hospice volunteerism.
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
Staff at the not-for-profit Hospice By The Sea in Boca Raton, Fla., undertook an initiative in early 2002 to increase the number of Hispanic families they serve.
May 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast trained volunteers to provide services for the frail elderly and people with chronic and terminal illnesses in Pinellas County, Fla.
September 25, 2012 | Journal Article
Traditional or fee-for-service Medicare has produced many innovations in the payment for health care services, while private insurance has produced a series of benefit design innovations.
National Program
Program to foster long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying persons and their families.
National Program
Communications campaign to improve care and caring near the end of life through activities focusing on advocacy, quality care, and consumer services.