Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has partnered with Clearwater, Fla.-based Empath Health to offer inpatient hospice services at its Magnolia Campus.
Moffitt care teams will continue to care for patients while nurses from Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough in Tampa, part of Empath Health, will ensure inpatient hospice care criteria is met. Moffitt’s palliative medicine team will also “collaborate closely” with the hospice care team, according to a March 31 news release from the cancer center.
Moffitt CEO Patrik Hwu, MD, prioritized partnering with a hospice agency two years ago, the release said.
“One of the biggest benefits of this partnership is the option for patients and their loved ones to transition from curative treatment to receiving compassionate end-of-life care while they continue maintaining relationships with their care team at Moffitt,” Kerry Hoerner, BSN, RN, senior vice president of Empath Health’s hospice division, said in the release.
Through the partnership, family members of patients enrolled in inpatient hospice will receive bereavement services for up to 13 months after the patient’s death.
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