Question

Select a palliative care program to review. In your assessment consider the purpose, need, value, service, organizational structure, regulation, administration, and contrast to hospice care.

After the initial assessment (as seen above) , provide future directions for this type of care (For example: What is the future of palliative care? How might palliative care evolve in the healthcare industry?)

The discussion should be professional, include detailed information, and be void of opinion.

Answer 1

Palliative care program:
      Palliative care is in more demand to address stronger and quality of care for aged population..So palliative care program acheiving that through providing high qualiity care for patients and family..The basic goal in palliative care to eliminate pain for those who are suffering with symptoms like fatigue,breathing difficulty, trouble sleeping etc..In this primary care physicians will support and care patients with serious and life-threatening conditions..It is not a curative care..
   Palliative care adopts new models to direct patient care skills to population management strategies..Palliative care responsible for appropriate patient care associated with Accpuntable care Organization(ACOs) and providing triggered interventions to enhance patient-centered,goal-consistent,coordinated care..They improve value by this functioning..it is population-based management and End-of-life care focused on patient patient priority significantly from patient preference..palliative care service increased from 2000 from 24% to 67%.It can be either home based or hospital service.. Due to lot of shortage of board-certified physician still need to develop competencies to practice palliative care..
      The main role for clinicians under ACOs unique based to support value by providing direct care for sickest patients..Identifying the patient those who are sick and trigger to provide care it depends on the implementation needed with experts from IT,Quality improvement to develop systems with clinical worflow..IT and EMR role to identify and track patient outcome,family and patient education focused on self-management at home..
    Hospice program and palliative program care almost similar in provding care for those who are sick and dying conditions..These both programs but differ from location,timing,payments and eligibility in service..In hospice care primary care physician,professional provide care in home,in palliative care they offer care at the facilities where there is associated palliative care team..Hospice care for patient those who are dying within short period, but palliative care for patient as per disease progress like cancer..
Future of palliative care:
   Palliative care end-of-life to be concerned more in needs, concepts and acknowledgement..within hospital setting it is increased now..Population required palliative care needs past road map to increase needs-supply and requirement-distribution..need master plan for the future in equitable, cost-effective,evidence-based palliative care in specialization,multidiciplinary,adequate drugs,support from professional care givers and making environment to support people,it also includes funds for appropriate resources,corpotate involvement,legislation stand on legal issues..It needs more quality than quantity of life for end-of-life issues and care..