Greenwich Hospital teams with Vitas Healthcare on hospice services

Greenwich Hospital has announced an effort to expand and upgrade its hospice care services through a clinical collaboration with Vitas Healthcare, a Miami-based end-of-life care provider.

In announcing the endeavor, the hospital acknowledged that its hospice care services had experienced “a significant decline in volume and lower than expected community utilization” during the past few years. Vitas, which maintains a similar clinical collaboration within Fairfield County at Bridgeport Hospital, will provide seven-day coverage for Greenwich Hospital”™s hospice patients, including meeting their needs if a hospital admission is necessary. Greenwich Hospital said in a press release that because “Vitas is a robust independent program, they are able to provide much more comprehensive care to Greenwich patients.”

Greenwich Hospital is part of the Yale New Haven Health network. Vitas is also working with this network on a protocol to improve the end-of-life care for patients with chronic cardiovascular disease.