Provider Relations Gets It Done! The Provider Relations team plays a unique role within BTBH. They are our “can-do” faces out in the field, functioning as a customer service hub between medical/residential facilities, referring providers, case managers, social workers, our patients and their families. PR’s work regularly requires them to engage in person with our […]
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By: Kai Romero, MD May 22, 2020 Heartbreaking patient situations are the backbone of Emergency Medicine. Whether it’s a new cancer diagnosis, telling a family member that their loved one has died, or the creeping dread that a mistake that we’ve made will negatively impact one of our patients, we all experience extraordinary stress in
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by Deborah Schwing Bereavement Services Manager April 23, 2020 With the U.S. now under shelter-in-place orders, we find ourselves face to face with sudden limitations and unexpected, cumulative losses. How do we cope in our day-to-day lives with the barrage of news tallying the number of deaths by the thousands? How can we make sense
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Creativity connects Sonoma/Napa HBTB volunteers with patients Hospice by the Bay (HBTB) has a mighty backbone of more than 400 dedicated volunteers who provide enduring support to our staff, as well as to hospice patients and their families. Tireless and passionate, HBTB’s volunteers contribute year-round to administrative and retail projects, and on a weekly basis
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Hospice by the Bay’s clinical control tower At first glance, Hospice by the Bay’s Intake & Admissions department looks like any other office setup: a bullpen of gray, low-walled cubicles, heads bobbing up and down asking questions over the partitions, phones ringing, papers shuffling, file drawers opening and closing. What’s actually going on, however, is
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Extraordinary dedication during unprecedented times “The other day I admitted a patient who’d designated her daughter as trustee. Her daughter lives in Texas and due to Coronavirus restrictions couldn’t get to California, so we had to complete the paperwork electronically. As her signatures came through email one by one, she cried over the phone, “Never
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Congratulations are in order to Hospice by the Bay’s Development team and the dozens of staff and volunteers whose efforts helped earn the Marin Independent Journal’s Reader’s Choice Top Honor Award for Best Non-Profit Gala in Marin. The one-night event raised $720,000 in support of HBTB’s core mission and community care programs. “We are extremely
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What does it mean to HBTB’s Hodgepodge team in San Rafael to receive the Marin IJ Reader’s Choice Award for Best Gift Shop? Without hesitation Jacquie Whitfield, Retail Operations Manager, affirms, “I think they nailed it – because we are the best!” Jacquie, her staff, and Hodgepodge’s volunteers are passionate about both of their shops
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BTBH Provider Relations Manager Eda Anguiano filled the room with excitement during a special guest presentation on March 11 to students at Novato Adult School attending a 12-week program to “Become a Home Care Aide.” Students enrolled in the program had the opportunity to learn all about By the Bay Health’s work during a lively
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Hospice by the Bay and The Redwoods Seniors Community in Mill Valley have announced the official opening of “The Grove” — Marin County’s first and only dedicated inpatient hospice and comfort care center. Created with Marin’s expanding senior population in mind, HBTB and The Redwoods developed The Grove as a new option for patients receiving
