VITAS® Healthcare App

VITAS Healthcare, the leading provider of end-of-life care in the United States, offers clinicians an easy-to-use hospice resource. The app provides personalized role-based profiles for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, case managers, social workers, healthcare administrators, PT/OT/RD/RT/SLP, and VITAS employees. The app offers color-coded, disease-specific hospice eligibility guidelines and functional assessment tools to determine a patient's hospice eligibility quickly. The app also includes an interactive Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) that assesses a patient's functional status and activities of daily living (ADLs) to offer guidance on hospice eligibility and suggest the next step. The app also includes a BMI calculator to determine whether a patient's BMI is under, normal, over, or obese. The app allows clinicians to refer patients quickly and seamlessly to VITAS via face sheet capture or form submission from their device. The app provides immediate confirmation of successful submission and quick VITAS response to support a seamless transition to hospice care. Clinicians can also use the app to find VITAS hospice locations or contact staff. They can use zip code or state maps to find VITAS service areas, office locations, phone numbers, and inpatient hospice units. The app also offers clinicians the opportunity to enhance their hospice knowledge. They can explore and register for VITAS webinars on end-of-life care topics and receive in-app reminders and calendar updates. They can also share VITAS hospice information and PDFs easily with patients, family members, colleagues, and non-app users. When seriously or terminally ill patients are ready for hospice care, clinicians can refer them securely and confidently via this app to VITAS professionals in 14 states and the District of Columbia.