What is hospice care?

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For those in hospice, pet care, too | StarTribune.com

startribune.com — “Niobe and Cha-cha raced to the couch toward hospice volunteer Jim Hays during a visit to the home of patient Joseph Luciano, in Florida's Four Corners area” View full resource at startribune.com

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#hospice provides support to family caregivers - and many help care for pets, who are also family members! http://t.co/gsBFEKeT

Marty Tousley Health Professional

Clarifying the nature of hospice care - Tampa Bay Times

tampabay.com — “Editor's note: Gary McCarragher is a hospice physician in Pasco County who believes more people would seek palliative care near the end of life if they better understood hospice. Last time, he reviewed the rights and privileges of the hospice patient. Today, he's discussing the hospice care plan. To see his earlier columns, go to tampabay.com/health.” View full resource at tampabay.com

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Physician clarifies nature of #hospice care http://t.co/sMFc0OAZ by @drgarymac via @SolariHospice

Marty Tousley Health Professional

Serie especial: El mundo de la tanatología (Parte 2) - Univision Houston

univisionhouston.univision.com — “La ciencia encargada de encontrar sentido a la muerte, ayuda a enfermos terminales y sus familias” View full resource at univisionhouston.univision.com

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Incredibly informative segment on #hospice care (in Spanish!) by TV reporter @SilviadeSaenz http://t.co/Ir8QuVD5 MT @SolariHospice

Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals | Video on TED.com

ted.com — “TED Talks Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.” View full resource at ted.com

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Neuroscience Info Science Enthusiast, Neurology, and Health News

Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals [TED talk, posted April 2012) @ http://t.co/mvZe219t

What is Happening at Allscripts?

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HCI Health IT

New from @HCI_GPerna What is Happening at @Allscripts? http://t.co/J02qHtvI

Trimming the Fat From America's Wasteful Health Care System - John Rother - Health - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com — “Budget hawks in Congress talk a great deal about health care waste. Where does it come from?” View full resource at theatlantic.com

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Dr John La Puma Doctor, Internist, and Physician

Curbing #health costs with what you eat could help http://t.co/EcThNPM5

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News & Events - Nevada Cancer Institute

nvcancer.org — “News & Events - Nevada Cancer Institute” View full resource at nvcancer.org

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Dreaming up the future of rural (VIDEO) · staciehamel · Storify

storify.com — “In advance of a new Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska, more than 450 people have come together in Lincoln to envision what will take for rural America to thrive, from education and health care to innovation and entrepreneurship.” View full resource at storify.com

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@Swilliams1Susan @RepCoED @jenreesources You've been quoted in a UNMC #Storify story "Dreaming up the future of rural" http://t.co/izdIV7rm

HealthTrendster Health Executive

Retired couples may need $240,000 for health care - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “From Yahoo! News: Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than those who retired a year ago, according to an annual projection released Wednesday by Fidelity Investments.” View full resource at news.yahoo.com

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Nuesoft News Blog | » Understanding the CMS eRx Incentive Program

nuesoft.com — “Health care IT, practice management, medical billing, and electronic health record blog.” View full resource at nuesoft.com

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eRx Incentive Program Deadline... Learn what you can do to avoid penalties http://t.co/AxfbpMF0

Perficient Health IT Health Business

PODCAST: What the Rise of mHealth Could Mean for Patient Engagement

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Thx @medtopicwriter! RT @Perficient_HC: What the Rise of #mHealth Could Mean for #Patient Engagement http://t.co/JIujexBj #HealthIT #HITsm

PODCAST: What the Rise of mHealth Could Mean for Patient Engagement

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Harry Greenspun, MD Physician, Doctor, Anesthesiologist, and Health IT

MT Check out the latest @HCInformatics podcast with me and @HCI_GPerna on #mhealth and #patientengagement http://t.co/hb4Rt4xg

UNC Health Care - Live Chat | Facebook

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UNC Health Care Hospital

Live Facebook chat w/ @busediabetes on May 22: What's new in #diabetes management & prevention. http://t.co/Ssp7sRlh #hcsm

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What happens when you change an entire health care system? - Ideas - The Boston Globe

bostonglobe.com — “MIT economist Amy Finkelstein, recent winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, goes beyond the political debate to look at the real economic consequences of changes in health care policy.” View full resource at bostonglobe.com

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What happens when you change an entire health care system?: By Joshua Rothman Few issues today are as heatedly d... http://t.co/vQPD6CXX