California Hospitals Expanding Their Palliative Care Offerings To Improve Care, Reduce Costs

In a California Healthline Special Report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed how palliative care services are becoming more prevalent as California hospitals seek to improve patient care and lower costs.

Judy Citko — executive director of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California — says the next step is to expand palliative treatment beyond hospitals so patients can access such services from their homes, clinics, nursing facilities and other settings.

The Special Report includes comments from:

Parag Bharadwaj, medical director of palliative care services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center;
Citko;
Suzi Johnson, vice president of Sharp HospiceCare; and
Steven Oppenheim, chief medical director of the Institute of Palliative Medicine (Goldberg, California Healthline, 10/10).

The complete transcript of this Special Report is available as a PDF.

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<h1>California Hospitals Expanding Their Palliative Care Offerings To Improve Care, Reduce Costs</h1>
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<p>In a <i>California Healthline</i> Special Report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed how palliative care services are becoming more prevalent as California hospitals seek to improve patient care and lower costs.</p><p>Judy Citko — executive director of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California — says the next step is to expand palliative treatment beyond hospitals so patients can access such services from their homes, clinics, nursing facilities and other settings.</p><p>The Special Report includes comments from:</p><ul><li>Parag Bharadwaj, medical director of palliative care services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center;</li><li>Citko;</li><li>Suzi Johnson, vice president of Sharp HospiceCare; and</li><li>Steven Oppenheim, chief medical director of the Institute of Palliative Medicine (Goldberg, <i>California Healthline</i>, 10/10).</li></ul><p>The complete transcript of this Special Report is <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/10/chlspecialreporttranscript101012.pdf">available as a PDF</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-expanding-their-palliative-care-offerings-to-improve-care-reduce-costs/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-expanding-their-palliative-care-offerings-to-improve-care-reduce-costs/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-expanding-their-palliative-care-offerings-to-improve-care-reduce-costs/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20California%20Hospitals%20Expanding%20Their%20Palliative%20Care%20Offerings%20To%20Improve%20Care%2C%20Reduce%20Costs&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Fcalifornia-hospitals-expanding-their-palliative-care-offerings-to-improve-care-reduce-costs%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-expanding-their-palliative-care-offerings-to-improve-care-reduce-costs/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-expanding-their-palliative-care-offerings-to-improve-care-reduce-costs/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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