Specialized nursing facility clinicians improve end-of-life care
03/18/24 at 03:00 AM
Specialized nursing facility clinicians improve end-of-life care
Cornell Chronicle, by Marijke Vroomen Durning, Weill Cornell Medicine; 3/15/24
Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, may decrease the likelihood of nursing home residents experiencing stressful hospitalizations and improve the quality of life in their last days, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine. The paper, published March 15 in JAMA Network Open, examined how SNFists uniquely impacted the care of nursing home residents in their last 90 days, compared with those cared for by other clinicians. This large-scale study is the first of its kind.