Kathi Mooney of Huntsman Cancer Institute Speaks on Hospital-at-Home Programs
Kathi Mooney, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, interim senior director of population sciences at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, discusses hospital-at-home programs and how they are common in countries with single-payer systems and include patients with conditions ranging from cellulitis to heart failure. The benefits include the familiarity of home surroundings, avoidance of hospital-acquired infection, and less de-conditioning from being in a hospital bed.
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Cancer’s Reign Over the Drug Development Pipeline Continues| AMCP Nexus 2024
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Verastem Begins Submission for Ovarian Cancer Combination
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