Author: Dorron Blumberg

Learn from What the Patient Needs. Listen to What the Patient Wants.

Posted by | Nov 28, 2018 | |

A chaplain is a key member of every interdisciplinary hospice team. As a hospice chaplain with VITAS Healthcare, it is my job to address the spiritual pain of dying.

 
I do this by learning what the patient needs, and listening to what the patient wants, a basic precept of hospice. Quite simply, I meet the patient wherever they are. It’s called “being present,” and it may be the hardest thing I do as a chaplain.

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CIO Profiles

Posted by | Nov 28, 2018 | |

As CIO and EVP of VITAS Healthcare since 2013, Patrick D. Hale has left his imprint on the 40-year-old hospice provider. He was named one of South Florida’s top large-company chief information officers in 2017 by South Florida Business Journal. In 2018 he accepted a PEX Network Award for VITAS’ mobile solutions to improving patient admissions and increasing clinicians’ speed to the bedside.

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