Wednesday, January 16, 2013
1:30—2:30 PM ET

Featured Presenters

Donna Stevens, BS
Program Director, OACIS Services
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, PA

Daniel E. Ray, MD
Director, Palliative Medicine/OACIS
Fellowship Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, PA

About the Presentation

New innovative models of integrating palliative care into clinics and home-based programs are emerging. Services have become available in mostly oncology-related clinic settings, and more recently, hospitals and health systems are implementing new models of care whereby palliative care clinicians make visits to patients in their homes. This presentation will explain the rationale for establishing a home-based nurse practitioner staffed palliative medicine service and describe the clinical, logistical, and operational considerations involved in providing such a service.

Join Us!

What You'll Learn

• Identify the unique contributions of a home-based palliative medicine service to the management of patients with advanced complex illness in a health network.
• Describe the key features of the OACIS home-based service, including scope of service, relationship with primary care providers and connection with community resources.
• Discuss how palliative medicine services in the home contribute to the triple aim of improved patient experience, improved population health and decreased cost per case.

Who Should Attend?

Physicians, nurses, social workers, hospital administrators, chaplains and others involved in starting a home-based palliative care program.

Call Details

• $89 per phone line or $99 for one phone line plus the audio conference CD-ROM (contains MP3 audio file and presentation PDF file)
• Payment is online by credit card only
• PowerPoint presentations accompany each audio conference
• You will have the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A session with the presenters
• Continue the discussion following the audio conference and post your questions and comments on CAPCconnect™ Forum in the “Palliative Care Out-Patient Services” topic!
• We encourage you to invite your colleagues to listen with you

Any questions? Contact Margaret Schutz at (212) 201-2671 or margaret.schutz@mssm.edu