Hospice Care in San Mateo, CA - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Mission Hospice & Home Care, Inc.
Medicare Approved
Location: 1670 South Amphlett Blvd., Suite 300, San Mateo, California 94402
Phone: (650) 554-1000

Sutter Visiting Nurse Association And Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 700 S Claremont Street, #220, San Mateo, California 94402
Phone: (650) 685-2830

News Archive

SMARTube technology helps physicians create index to get accurate picture of HIV infection

New data presented at the Center for Disease Control -sponsored 2010 HIV Diagnostics Conference suggests that an assay based on SMARTube™ technology may prove useful in developing a standardized measure for estimating what proportion of those infected with HIV have become recently infected.

Curetis starts prospective clinical trial for Unyvero P50 pneumonia application

Curetis AG today announced the start of an additional prospective, multicenter clinical trial of its marketed Unyvero™ P50 Pneumonia Application to demonstrate its clinical and health economic value.

ZephyrLIFE remote monitoring system released for the growing market of transitional care

Zephyr Technology is proud to announce the release of ZephyrLIFE - the world's first remote monitoring system designed specifically for the growing market of transitional care. Transitional care involves managing the continuity of health care during the transition between health care practitioners and facilities as a patient's condition and care needs change during the course of a chronic or acute illness, which ZephyrLIFE has been designed for.

Oncolytics Biotech receives U.K. MHRA approval for REOLYSIN combination Phase 3 trial

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. today announced that it has received a letter of approval from the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to conduct its Phase 3 trial examining REOLYSIN in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with platinum-refractory head and neck cancers. This is the same trial that the Company previously reached an agreement on with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) process.

Michel Kazatchkine to focus on improving partnerships, health care infrastructures

Michel Kazatchkine - France's global ambassador for HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases who on Thursday was selected to be the new executive director of the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - has announced that he will aim to improve the organization's partnerships with United Nations organizations and donors, the Boston Globe reports.

Hospice Care

Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location based upon frequent evaluation of the paients needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient and respite care.