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2. ASCEND: A Humanitarian Alliance - Wikipedia

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   Ascend: A Humanitarian Alliance is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which focuses on international economic and health care development in Africa and South America. Headquarters are located in Salt Lake City , Utah , United States, with full-time offices in Ethiopia , Peru , Bolivia and Ecuador and affiliates in DR Congo , Cape ...

3. Daniel E. Straus - Wikipedia

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   Daniel E. Straus is an American business executive, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, real estate developer and philanthropist.He is the founder or co-founder of several health care companies such as CareOne LLC, InnovaCare Health, Ascend Home Health, Ascend Concierge Home Care, Ascend Hospice, Partners Pharmacy, The Straus Group, Multicare Companies Inc. [1] [2] He also became vice chairman ...

4. Hospice and palliative medicine - Wikipedia

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   The first formal hospice was founded in 1948 by the British physician Dame Cicely Saunders in order to care for patients with terminal illnesses. [2] She defined key physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of distress in her work. She also developed the first hospice care as well in the US in 1974 - Connecticut Hospice. [3]

5. Ascension (healthcare system) - Wikipedia

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   In December 2022, a multi-part New York Times investigation was published that alleged Ascension was caught "flat-footed" by the COVID-19 pandemic because the health care system had been significantly cutting jobs of nurses and aides prior to spring of 2020, boosting profits in exchange for diminished patient care while adding to an ongoing ...

6. Hospice - Wikipedia

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   A Hospice House in Missouri. Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering.

7. CommonSpirit Health - Wikipedia

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   CommonSpirit Health is a health system based in the United States, the country's largest Catholic hospital chain and its second-largest nonprofit hospital chain (as of 2019).