Palliative care — minimizing pain, maximizing comfort.
The comfort of patients is what drives us to be among the best in palliative care. Chapters Health System provides palliative care in Hillsborough and Polk counties and pediatric palliative care in Hillsborough County.
Palliative care is undoubtedly a team effort. While the primary care physician focuses on disease-specific treatments, our palliative care consultants address pain and symptom management. Together, we ensure a comprehensive, coordinated patient and family centered plan of care, including:
- Expanded disease education and informed decision making
- Assistance with advance directives and care planning
- Psychosocial and spiritual support
- Coordination of care and community services
Who benefits from palliative care?
Patients and their families benefit from:
- Effective pain and symptom management
- Improved quality of life
- Expanded disease education and informed decision making
- Assistance with advance care planning
- Psychosocial and spiritual support
- Coordination of care and community services
Institutions benefit from:
- Better patient clinical outcomes
- Greater patient/family satisfaction
- Improved staff satisfaction
- Comprehensive care coordination
- Increased efficiency and lower costs
- Expanded programs to support attending physicians
Referring Physicians benefit when:
- Pain and other debilitating symptoms are difficult to control
- Complex physical, psychosocial or spiritual suffering is present
- A need to address appropriate goals of care exists
- Patient and/or family require extensive education/communication
- Challenging discussions regarding advance directives are necessary
For additional information on Chapters Health Palliative Care, check out the Services section of our Website or call 813-871-8200. Or visit our online Library for helpful information and additional guidance from our Chapters Health experts.