BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Summit Health Oregon, the largest independent primary care and multispecialty physician-led medical group in Central Oregon, announced Wednesday a strategic partnership in the ...

Through this new partnership, Palomar Health Palliative & Hospice Care allows patients to stay within the Palomar Health family when dealing with serious illness.

Many tend to confuse palliative care, which is focused on symptom management, with hospice care, which requires that all treatments be discontinued.