Articles by CareCentrix

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    Demystifying Telehealth for Hospice & Palliative Care Organizations

    Virtual visits enhance the provision of palliative care by rapidly connecting patients & caregivers to the support they need. Learn how telehealth is helping hospice and palliative care providers, patients & caregivers.

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    Home-Based Palliative Care: Critical Support for Nation’s “Invisible Army” of Caregivers

    In 2017, AARP reported that about 41 million U.S. family caregivers perform roughly $470 billion worth of unpaid labor a year. Since then, the number of caregivers has increased to 53 million, meaning that more than one out of five Americans are caregivers. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant shift in care from assisted living facilities and nursing homes to home settings.

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    Whole-Patient Care in the Texas Storm

    Patients managing complex health situations face new challenges during crises. Discover how Angela, a nurse with Envoy Hospice and nurse manager for the Turn-Key Health palliative care program, went above and beyond to deliver whole-person care to the most vulnerable during the Texas power outage.

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    Critical Success Factors in Care Management for Building a Better Care Model for Seriously Ill Patients Living at Home

    Turn-Key Health, a CareCentrix company, has reimagined the home as a destination of care for seriously ill patients. In our latest white paper, “Building a Better Model for Care at Home,” we demonstrate how home-based palliative care (HBPC) for individuals with a serious or advanced illness successfully aligns treatment decisions with personal goals, preferences and values; enables payors to reduce emergency department visits, hospitalizations and 30-day readmissions; addresses clinical and non-clinical issues, such as social determinants of health (SDoH); and provides an opportunity to enhance member and caregiver engagement and care coordination.  

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    Telehealth Visits Enable Home-Based Palliative Care Clinicians to Connect with Patients and Caregivers

    Turn-Key Health, a CareCentrix company, is expanding its use of virtual visits via phone or telehealth by leveraging CareCentrix’s strategic alliance with Synzi, a leading technology platform for post-acute care. The use of telehealth in an integrated approach with in-person, home-based palliative care creates a more robust patient experience and better patient engagement.

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