Author: Dorron Blumberg

Tracy Romanello, D.O., is a unique hybrid of physician. A dual board-certified family practitioner and palliative care physician, she (like most palliative care providers) experienced a loved one’s journey through a life-threatening illness. She experienced loss at a young age and was inspired to make a difference in how healthcare is rendered.

There are few things in our lives that are universal; one of them is music. Somewhere or somehow, someone around the world is listening to a song that moves and speaks to them. As many have said before, music is a universal language. Death is also universal; which is difficult and heartbreaking, yet it’s a universal affliction everyone will encounter at one point or another.

Evacuating elderly residents from a flooded nursing home and finding a generator for a sweltering assisted living facility were some of the challenges the Florida Department of Health in Broward County faced during a recent hurricane preparedness exercise.

The new Mastroianni Family Pediatric Emergency Department at Jupiter Medical Center recently opened. Located adjacent to the hospital’s existing emergency department, the new pediatric ED brings specialized pediatric emergency care closer to home for residents of Jupiter and the surrounding communities.

Utilizing data taken from CMS hospice claims, the latest Facts and Figures report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) found that while 1.43 Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice care for one day or more in 2016, 27.9% were enrolled for seven days or fewer.