How health system palliative providers can leverage data to gain more resources

How health system palliative providers can leverage data to gain more resources 
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 11/12/24 
Palliative care clinicians in health systems can apply research to lobby administrators for additional resources. In doing so, they may get a profile boost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative care’s reputation grew during the pandemic, with more patients and health care organizations recognizing its benefits and value. Stakeholders can leverage this in discussions with organization leaders, according to Dr. Tamara Vesel, chief of the Palliative Care Division at Tufts Medical Center and associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine. ... When approaching organization leaders to advocate for palliative care, the importance of data cannot be overstated, according to study co-author Dr. Bernice Burkarth, chief medical officer of Tufts Medicine Care at Home and assistant professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Editor's note: Reminder, our newsletter's Saturday edition always compiles relevant, timely research articles for you. To me, the word "research" means to "re-search," as in to search again--now--for the best information and appliciations available, today. We do alot of the work for you, re-searching and re-searching topics, pairing timely hospice and palliative challenges with formal research's background needs, research methods, data, references, conclusions, applications, and needs for further examination.