title: Palliative care hits a triple win: access, quality, and cost.
abstract: Like the generation before them, an ever-increasing proportion of baby boomers in the United States have a chronic illness and often multiple chronic illnesses, using ever-increasing national healthcare resources. With the Triple Aim, Don Berwick's overarching goals to help guide positive transformation to the healthcare system, palliative care can be seen as a valuable ally in the growing arsenal of models of care aimed at addressing the nation's needs. The SPARK Program, the palliative care management program of a large home care agency in a metropolitan area, was created to address the needs of patients with chronic serious illness and palliative care needs.
authors.affiliation: Karol DiBello, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, DNPc, is the Associate Director, SPARK Program, Visiting Nurses Service of New York Hospice and Palliative Care, New York City, New York. Noreen Coyne, MSN, RN, OCN, is a Clinical Product Development Specialist, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York City, New York.
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: DiBello
authors.forename: Noreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Coyne
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064691:Nurses, Community Health; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States