The Use of Telemedicine for Home-Based Palliative Care for Children With Serious Illness: A Scoping Review.

Context: There is potential value to home-based palliative care for children with serious illness delivered via telemedicine (TM HBPC). Evidence to guide optimal design and delivery of TM HBPC is urgently needed.

Objectives: To explore the existing literature to identify research on pediatric TM HBPC.

Analysis of Domestic Violence Related Homicides in Los Angeles County: Media Portrayals, Demographics, and Precipitating Circumstances.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a pressing public health issue. Nationally, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men have sustained severe physical violence from an intimate partner. Intimate partner homicides (IPH) are the most serious IPV outcome.

Advanced Practice Providers in the Field: Implementation of the Los Angeles Fire Department Advanced Provider Response Unit.

To address the growing number of low-acuity patients in the 911-EMS system, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) launched a pilot program placing an Advanced Provider Response Unit (APRU) in the field so that a prehospital nurse practitioner (NP) could offer patients treatment/release on scene, alternative destination transport, and linkage with social services. To describe the initial 18-month experience implementing this new APRU. This is a retrospective, descriptive review of all APRU-attended patients from January 2016 to June 2017.