Many of you are aware of hospice, either as inpatient or free standing service, which is a program providing a comprehensive set of services. These services include those that offer comfort and assistance to terminally ill patients with less than 6 months to live. Continue reading
Category Archives: Specialists
Palliative care — a new tool in our arsenal
For those of us who take care of aging, increasingly frail patients, the office visits can be very difficult. These encounters invariably last longer than the time allotted. The patient’s needs are often crescendoing with each visit. Symptoms proliferate and Continue reading
Referring to referrals
This will be the first in an occasional series of posts aimed at optimal referrals to our specialists. At PHC we deeply appreciate the specialists who see our patients. We pay specialists significantly better than state fee-for-service rates, but we cannot match Continue reading