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Palliative Care News: Provider Partnerships Driving Palliative Care Growth
Palliative Care News | January 8, 2024 Interest is growing in palliative care programs, and our Vice President and National Medical Director of Primary and…
Spirit of Excellence Award: 2023 Patient Support Professional of the Year
Our 2023 Patient Support Professional of the Year Award was presented to Cheryl Russell, a Patient Care Navigator (PCN) working with our Virtual Care Unit….
Position Spotlight: Recovery Partner
Stephanie is originally from northern Minnesota, where she graduated from high school in a little town called Aurora. She attended college at the University of…
Palliative Care News: Contessa’s Lessons Learned on Risk-Based Palliative Care
Palliative Care News | December 13, 2023 Our Vice President and National Medical Director of Primary and Palliative Care, Dr. Gavin Baumgardner, sat down with…
“It was an ideal choice and I’d definitely recommend it.”
Patients receiving chemotherapy often experience side effects that complicate the course of their treatment. In Barrie’s case, his first cycle of chemotherapy created a common…
Palliative Care News: Palliative Care Leaders Expect Continued Growth, Labor and Reimbursement Headwinds in 2024
Palliative Care News | December 6, 2023 Contessa’s Vice President of Palliative Care Programs, Nikki Davis, DNP, ACHPN, recently weighed in on some questions from…
5 Tips for Introducing Patients to Hospital at Home
Since the increased adoption of advanced healthcare programs in the home, hundreds of hospitals across the country have offered hospital-level care in the home to…
KARK 4 News: Veteran Benefits From UAMS Program Offering At Home Care
KARK 4 News | November 23, 2023 Our joint venture with partner health system the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently caught the…
A Day in the Life of the Virtual Care Unit
Bringing advanced medical care home calls for a combination of in-person and virtual care, since caregivers cannot be physically present with patients 24/7 the same…
Palliative Care News: How to ‘Sell’ Palliative Care to Health System Partners
Palliative Care News | November 14, 2023 In this edition of Palliative Care News, Contessa’s Vice President of Palliative Care Programs, Nikki Davis, DNP, ACHPN…
“This was the most pleasant hospitalization we’ve ever encountered.”
Having a health crisis is never convenient, but it often seems to happen at the worst possible time. This was the case for 88-year-old Toby,…
Position Spotlight: Acute Care Registered Nurse
Melanie graduated from Utah State University in 2018 and earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Prior to that, she has worked in healthcare…