CAPC – Meadowbrook

Report Card: Best and Worst States Providing Access to Palliative Care

By Meadowbrook Staff | October 3, 2019 |

A national study released last month on Capitol Hill, demonstrates that access to palliative care continues to depend more upon where a person resident rather than it does upon the needs of patients living with a serious illness and their families. This impacts 12 million adults and 400,000 children living with a serious illness, such…

Study Shows Education for Consumers and Physicians Increases Favorability of Palliative Care

By Meadowbrook Staff | September 10, 2019 |

Findings from a new opinion research poll, released last month from the Centers to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) confirms that once educated with the correct definition of palliative care, understanding and favorability greatly increase among consumers and physicians. “All organizations and clinicians must proactively align themselves in defining palliative care correctly,” said Diane E. Meier, MD,…