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Battling with chronic life-limiting illness results in extreme pain, discomfort, and physical as well as mental stress. Even when there is no permanent cure available to treat the disease, palliative care can bring some respite to the patients. It can make a significant difference in enhancing end-of-life care quality by alleviating pain and managing uncomfortable symptoms. 

Fact 1: As per the latest data made available by the Office for Civil Rights for HHS, more than 208,000 privacy-related complaints have been made in the last 16 years.

The term “value” has taken healthcare by storm and has become one of the most popular catchwords in healthcare circles. In fact, by 2017, more than one-third of all healthcare payments were already tied to an alternative payment model (APM) - a step that should be seen as a significant milestone in the industry’s shift toward value-based care. 

The Johnson’s were blessed with twins the day before; two healthy baby boys, haphazardly named Jill and John in the health records. Definitely, this marks the start of pediatric services in the family. Hospital records set for the twins hardly mark any difference, gender, weight, parents, address; all records read the same. The only visible difference is a skin allergy with the second baby.

Imagine a patient who went through a minor bypass surgery and was admitted to the hospital for 5 days. After his discharge, he religiously followed the prescription for 2 days. 

Children have entirely distinctive needs as compared to adults. Care is delivered to them in a manner entirely different than adults by care teams that hardly ever double-up as providers for the elderly.