Hospice Care in Bolingbrook, IL - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Angels Grace Hospice
Medicare Approved
Location: 440 Quadrangle Drive Suite G, Bolingbrook, Illinois 60440
Phone: (630) 633-6370

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HORIBA Medical's Yumizen G200 hemostasis device validated for use with UK NEQAS BC samples

HORIBA UK Ltd, Medical announces that a study has shown that UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Blood Coagulation external quality assessment lyophilized plasma samples can be tested on its Yumizen G200 hemostasis instrument.

State health plans in Washington, Kansas face challenges

Officials in Washington state and Kansas are working to get residents out of or into their state-run insurance programs.

Bariatric surgery does not lower overall health care costs linked with obesity

Bariatric surgery is a well-documented treatment for obesity that leads to considerable weight loss and health improvement, but is the surgery successful in the long run in reducing costs associated with medical care for obesity? A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine recently undertook a multi-year analysis of health insurance claims data to examine this question and found that although the procedure's success rate is well documented, it does not have a similar impact on health care costs.

Researchers aim to identify biomarkers that may point to blood clot risk

Cancer is one of the hardest medical conditions to overcome, and for those who do so, the battle often does not stop at remission. Many cancers predispose patients to develop blood clots, particularly patients who are diagnosed at a late stage, which often complicates their treatment and reduces survival rates.

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.