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Recognizing the Role of Caregiver with Melissa Fisher | E. 79

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Melissa shares the four challenges faced by caregivers today, calls on doctors to recognize family and patients as a ‘’unit’’, and highlights the ‘’unpaid, untrained, overwhelmed, burned-out’’ reality of caregiving. Melissa explained the difference when a doctor finally included her in decision-making. ‘’I

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Cost Aware for Patient Care | Ep.19

Vie Healthcare

You know, just because you’re looking for cost savings, doesn’t mean it has to impact patient care. These initiatives are meant to increase the quality of care, increase services, expand services. They’re doing things like they’ll circumvent situations, circumvent to the doctors, to a higher authority.