The Community Hospice

Physician Practice

Practice Overview

Practice NameThe Community Hospice
Websitecommunityhospice.org
Number of Physicians (MD/DO)3
Number of Locations4
About the Practice

The Community Hospice is a non-profit organization providing comprehensive, compassionate hospice and palliative care to seriously ill patients and their families in New York's Capital Region and surrounding counties. [5, 14] They focus on enhancing the quality of life with dignity and comfort, offering specialized medical care, pain and symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support through an interdisciplinary team. [13, 15] Services are provided in various settings including patients' homes, nursing homes, hospitals, and their inpatient unit. [13]

Practice Locations (4)

445 New Karner Rd, Albany, NY 12205
295 Valley View Blvd, Rensselaer, NY 12144
Services cover Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Columbia, Greene, Montgomery, and Washington Counties, New York
The Hospice Inpatient Unit (HIPU) at St. Peter's Hospital

Our Physicians (3)

Specialties
Emergency Medicine

1 physician

Internal Medicine

2 physicians

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Leadership Team

Phillip Ward

President and Chief Executive Officer

Nori Giacchetta

Executive Director

Tammy Czajkowski

Clinical Director

Dr. Melissa Bakar

Chief Medical Officer

Steve Manny

Executive Director, Community Hospice Foundation

Marie Gnage

Ph.D., Chair, Board of Directors

James LeBrou

Chair, Community Hospice Foundation Board of Trustees

Electronic Health Record System

Netsmart

Primary Electronic Health Record System

Research Analysis
Methodology & Findings

The Community Hospice, which is part of Ohio's Hospice, utilizes Netsmart as their electronic health record (EHR) vendor. Ohio's Hospice has been implementing Netsmart's suite of EHR systems across its affiliated hospice and palliative care programs. Netsmart provides EHR solutions specifically designed for post-acute care settings, including hospice. Their platforms, such as Netsmart myUnity, include a patient portal feature. Additionally, one Netsmart hospice client was noted to have purchased the "myHealthPointeβ„’ integrated consumer portal". Based on the information available, The Community Hospice is highly likely to be using a Netsmart patient portal solution as part of their Netsmart EHR system, although the specific branding or name they use for their patient portal is not explicitly mentioned in the search results.