A Conversation with Tracy Fasolino

Research and Justice For All: Health Care Role in Health Equity

This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays. Guest: Thomas Sequist, Chief Medical Officer at Massachusetts General Brigham In the first episode of Research and Justice For All, CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Thomas Sequist from Massachusetts General Brigham on the important role of health and hospital systems in driving health equity in the US. This season is sponsored by CVS Health [https://www.cvshealth.com/]. Related Links:   * Beyond Research, Taking Action Against Racism [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.02040] (Health Affairs Forefront)   * United Against Racism 2-Year Anniversary: A Reflection from Mass General Brigham’s Chief Community Health & Health Equity Officer [https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/articles/united-against-racism-two-year-anniversary] (Massachusetts General Brigham)   * Mass General Community Health [https://www.massgeneral.org/community-health/cchi] (Massachusetts General Hospital) Explore the CVS Health-sponsored Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity [https://www.healthaffairs.org/topic/ss250].”

A Conversation with Tracy Fasolino

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers interviews Tracy Fasolino about her experience with creating the podcast series No One Gets Out of Here Alive for the Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship.

No One Gets Out Of Here Alive: The Future of Palliative and Hospice Care Policy

In the final episode of No One Gets Out of Here Alive, Clemson University [http://www.clemson.edu/]’s Tracy Fasolino addresses the four challenges facing palliative care and hospice services and highlights some of the legislative bills that may fill the needs for patients and caregivers dealing with serious illness.  Guests on this episode include Edo Banach, Dr. Betty Ferrell from City of Hope [https://www.cityofhope.org/], Dr. Wayne Hollinger, Mr. Pat Coyne from Medical University of South Carolina [https://education.musc.edu/], and Ginger Marshal, CEO of Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association [https://advancingexpertcare.org/].  No One Gets Out of Here Alive was produced by Tracy Fasolino for Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program. Music by Elias Workman [http://www.eliashix.com/]. Related Links: * The Hospice Paradox: How Medicare Fails Americans At The End Of Life [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20220309.591082/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=pathways&utm_campaign=2023] (Health Affairs Forefront) * A National Strategy For Palliative Care [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0164?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=pathways&utm_campaign=2023] (Health Affairs) * The Hidden Curriculum Of Hospice: Die Fast, Not Slow [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00259?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=pathways&utm_campaign=2023] (Health Affairs Narrative Matters) * Understanding The Use Of Medicare Procedure Codes For Advance Care Planning: A National Qualitative Study [https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00848?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=pathways&utm_campaign=2023] (Health Affairs)

No One Gets Out Of Here Alive: Experiences with Home-Based Care

Welcome back to No One Gets Out of Here Alive, where we spend time talking about various legislation that impacts delivery of palliative care and hospice services right now. In this episode, we hear from one family as they share their story in dealing with the serious illness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Host Tracy Fasolino of Clemson University presents four challenges facing palliative care and hospice services right now.  No One Gets Out of Here Alive was produced by Tracy Fasolino for Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program.   Music by Elias Workman [http://www.eliashix.com/].  This episode is dedicated to Al & Wendy for their amazing bravery and exemplary love.  Related Links: * Live hospice discharge: Experiences of families, and hospice staff [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33454147/] (National Library of Medicine) * Live discharge from hospice for people living with dementia isn't “graduating”—It's getting expelled [https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.17107](Journal of the American Geriatrics Society) * Subjects Sentenced in $150 Million Hospice Fraud Case [https://www.compliance.com/resources/subjects-sentenced-in-150-million-hospice-fraud-case/] (Compliance Resource Center) * The Forgotten and Misdiagnosed Care Transition: Live Discharge From Hospice Care [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9280841/] (National Library of Medicine)

No One Gets Out Of Here Alive: Palliative and Hospice Care

Welcome to No One Gets Out of Here Alive, the fifth series from Health Affairs Pathways. In this series, Clemson University [http://www.clemson.edu/]'s Tracy Fasolino unpacks some of the legislative and policy issues associated with palliative care and hospice services through the lens of a nurse.    To start, Tracy peers into the past and tells the history of hospice legislation and the evolution of palliative care. She highlights the key players in the creation of the hospice benefit and shares insights on the growth of palliative care in the US. Guests on this episode include Edo Banach, Dr. Betty Ferrell from City of Hope [https://www.cityofhope.org/], and Dr. Wayne Hollinger. Music by Elias Workman [http://www.eliashix.com/]. Related Links: * Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gY-jk7N_Eg] * President Nixon Signs the National Cancer Act [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQYfC9kisHw] (Richard Nixon Foundation) * National Hospice Study: Patient and Facility Data, [1980-1983] [https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/HMCA/studies/8466/versions/V1] * Policy and the Reformation of Hospice [https://journals.lww.com/jhpn/Abstract/2011/11001/Policy_and_the_Reformation_of_Hospice__Lessons.6.aspx] (Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing)