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Online Poster Sessions

Benefit from the challenges and innovations of your peers as you browse through posters from CAPC Seminars. Even though you're not face-to-face, you can connect to the presenters via email to learn more and brainstorm. Seminar participants from a wide variety of programs, institutions and care settings, including Palliative Care Leadership Centers™ (PCLC), presented posters at these sessions. The poster events are a unique combination of reception, poster, and peer-to-peer networking.

Presented at:

CAPC National Seminar
Transforming Ideas. Achieving Excellence.
November 1 – 3, 2012
Miami, FL


Topics:
The poster designers had the following topics to choose from:
  • Systems Change
  • Continuum of Care
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Emergency Department
  • Measuring Staff Productivity
  • Small Hospitals
  • Education and Marketing
  • Impact Measurement
  • Other


The 2012 CAPC National Seminar Poster Session



Joint Commission Certification: A Hospital’s Success Story

Susan Kristiniak, DHA, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, BC, IAC Send Email
Nurse Director of Oncology, Palliative and Pastoral Care
Abington Memorial Hospital
Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
267-317-5168
A New ABIM PIM Focusing on Palliative Care

Rebecca A. Baranowski Send Email
Senior Clinical Content Manager
American Board of Internal Medicine
510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-446-3546
The Brooklyn Collaborative: Sharing and Building Best Practices

Rebecca A. Kirch, Washington, DC Send Email
Director, Quality of Life & Survivorship
Carol Becker, Brooklyn, NY
American Cancer Society
555 11th Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 661-5725
Advancing Healthcare Innovation Through a Home-Based Palliative Care Program

Gobi Paramanandam MD, MHSM Send Email
Medical Director
Arizona Palliative Home Care
1510 East Flower Street, Phoenix, Arizona
602 212 3000
Future Palliative Care Providers: Managing Care

Robert Parker, RN, MSN Ed., CHPN Send Email
Program Manager
AseraCare Palliative Medicine
14205 Burnet Rd., Suite 470
Austin, Texas 78728
512-422-2911 (Cell)
Outpatient Palliative Care: Establishing Value

Carin Croker RN, MSN, CCM Send Email
Director of Patient Services
Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services
520 N 32 Ave
Wausau WI 54401
P: 715-847-2600
F: 715-847-2606
Collaboration with Hospitalists Across the Continuum

Timothy Jessick, DO Send Email
Palliative Medicine
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
2424 S. 90th Street, Suite 212
West Allis, WI 53227
414-977-5260
TelePalliative Medicine Improving Rural Palliative Care

Joann Bennett DO FACOI Send Email
Avera Medical Group Palliative Medicine
911 E. 20th Street, Suite 509
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
605-322-8993
Enhancing Palliative Care Referrals: Focus on Brain Death

Kelly C. Markham, LCSW/Palliative Care Coordinator Send Email
Nursing Administration
Baptist Hospital, 1000 West Moreno Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
850-469-3739
Development of Automated Palliative Care Financial Reports for a Health System

Rose Allen, RN, MSM/HM, CHPN, Director Send Email
Bioethics & Palliative Care
Baptist Health South Florida
8900 N. Kendall Drive, Miami. Fl. 33176
786-596-6287

Key Project Members:
Carlos Carrion, MSF
Arniris Narciandi, BCS
Dania Primiano, MSM/HM
Linda Long, MBA, MSN, ARNP
Readmission Rates Among Patient With Inpatient Palliative Care Consults

Diane Dietzen, MD, FACP Send Email
Sandra Bellantonio, MD
Marie McIntyre
Baystate Health System
Springfield, MA
413-794-1017
The Use of an Online Interactive Message Board to Obtain Pain Management Data for Quality Improvement

Diane Dietzen, MD, FACP Send Email
Sandra Bellantonio, MD
Joanna Donohue
Elizabeth Bennett
Baystate Health System
Springfield, MA
413-794-1017
Social Workers and the Inpatient Palliative Care Team: Documenting the Impact

Leanne Yanni, MD Send Email
Medical Director
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 509
Richmond, Virginia 23226
804-288-COPE (2673)
Initial Data from a New Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic

Leanne Yanni, MD Send Email
Medical Director
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 509
Richmond, Virginia 23226
804-288-COPE (2673)
Where Do They Go? A Detailed Look at Post-Acute Care Outcomes

Anne Buckley, Palliative Care Coordinator Send Email
Capital Caring
2900 Telestar Court
Falls Church, VA 22042
703.396.6197
Integrating Palliative Support into Long-Term Acute Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative with Triple Aim Outcomes

Daniel Johnson, MD, FAAHPM Send Email
National Clinical Lead for Palliative Care, Kaiser Permanente
2550 S. Parker Rd., Suite 400
Aurora, CO 80014
303-636-3304

Laurel Tropeano, MSW, LSW
Bryana Owens, LCSW, ACHP-SW
Optio Health Services of The Denver Hospice
Social Work Role in Pediatric Time of Death Visits

Ashley Mead, LCSW ACHP-SW; MPH Send Email
The Butterfly Program
Centura Health at Home – Porter Hospice
1391 Speer Blvd, 6th Floor
Denver CO 80234
303-561-5310
POLST Quality Improvement Initiative

Judy Citko, JD Send Email
Executive Director
Catherine McGregor, RN, MSN, FNS, C
POLST Q/I Coordinator
Coalition for Compassionate care of California
1331 Garden Highway, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95833
916-993-7740
From ED to IP Hospice Unit: Avoiding Hospital Admissions

Paul Desandre, DO Send Email
Emory Palliative Care Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs
1462 Clifton Rd Ste. 302D
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-712-8596
Analysis of Practice Metrics and Provider Satisfaction in an Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic with an Advanced Practice Nurse Model

Margaret Donegan, NP Send Email
Palliative Care Center
Froedtert/Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
414-805-6823
Palliative Clinician Rounding Tool (PRCT)

Eileen Roberto, RN BS, CHPN Send Email
Administrative Director, Palliative Care Services
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
1000 Montauk Hwy
West Islip NY 11795
The GNYHA Palliative Care Leadership Collaborative

Sara Kaplan-Levenson Send Email
Project Manager, Regulatory and Professional Affairs
Greater New York Hospital Association
555 West 57th Street, Suite 1500
New York, NY 10019
212-258-5365
Palliative Care Throughout the Healthcare Continuum

Britta Cammarata Send Email
Administrator, Palliative Care Services
Harbor Palliative Care Services
Hospice by the Sea, Inc.
1531 West Palmetto Park Road
Boca Raton, FL 33486
561-416-5076
Palliative Care in Rehab: An Unlikely Partnership?

David Tsai, MD, Palliative Care Send Email
Hebrew SeniorLife
1200 Centre Street
Boston, Ma. 02131
617-363-8783
Bridging the Care Continuum

Gretchen Wheelock, ARNP Send Email
Hospice of Siouxland and Palliative Care
4300 Hamilton Blvd
Sioux City, Iowa 51104
712-233-4144
Palliative Care as a Strategy in an ACO Model

Lori Bishop RN, CHPN Send Email
IHS Clinical Innovations Advisor for Palliative Care &
IHHC Statewide Executive Director for PC & Hospice
11333 Aurora Ave
Urbandale, IA 50322
515-727-1104
Using Metrics to Drive Program Standardization

Lori Bishop RN, CHPN Send Email
IHS Clinical Innovations Advisor for Palliative Care &
IHHC Statewide Executive Director for PC & Hospice
11333 Aurora Ave
Urbandale, IA 50322
515-727-1104
Omega Life Program - Palliative Care Across The Continuum

Leslie Piet, RN, MA, CCM Send Email
Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC
6704 Curtis Ct.
Glen Burnie, Md. 21060
410-762-5278
Upstream Palliative Care Encounters Improve Patient Goal-Directed Care and Positively Impacts Hospital Utilization

Piyush Srivastava, MD - Director of Outpatient Palliative Care Clinics Send Email
310-463-8773
Robert Johnson, MD
Kathy Dalziel, RN
Gloria Lewis, RN
Arlene Boyd, RN
Kaiser Permanente, Diablo Service Area
11 Sanders Ranch Rd,
Moraga, CA 94556
Impact of a Supportive Care Team and a Standardized Assessment Tool in a Cancer Center: Building a Bridge Between Symptom Management Specialists and Providers of Chronic Illness Care

Larmender A. Davis, MSW, LMSW Send Email
Director, Social Work and Supportive Services
Administrative Director, Supportive Care
Karmanos Cancer Center
4100 John R
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone - 313-576-9293
Palliative Care Becoming Part of the Culture in the Intensive Care Unit

Karen Washburn, MSW, ACSW Send Email
Director
Q-Life/Palliative Care
8960 Colonial Center Drive, Suite 206
Fort Myers FL 33905
239-343-9620
The Oncology “Super Consult”

Holly Lanier, ARNP Send Email
239-343-9560
Kim Pieretti, MSW Send Email
Evelyn Carbonell, LCSW Send Email
Maria I. Lebron, MSW Send Email
Lee Memorial Health System
8960 Colonial Center Drive, Suite 206
Fort Myers Florida 33905
Building a Home-Based Palliative Medicine Service

Donna Stevens Send Email
Program Director, OACIS Services
Lehigh Valley Health Network
2166 St. 12th St. Suite 402
Allentown, PA 18103
610-969-0103
Have a Heart: Growing PACT in the CVICU Using 3 Triggers

Lynna’ Alvarnas, Program Coordinator, Send Email
Pediatric Advanced Care Team and Adult Palliative Care
Carolinas Medical Center
PO Box 32861, Office 11942
Charlotte, NC 28232-2861
704-381-7732
Do we Measure up at the Center for Palliative Care at MCCG?

Laura Mullis NP-C Send Email
The Center for Palliative Care at MCCG
777 Hemlock Street Box 47
Macon, Ga USA 31201
478-633-6296
Palliative Care Screening In The Intensive Care Unit

Sarah J Nickoloff, MD Send Email
Medical College of Wisconsin
8700 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
414-222-0858
Screening Cancer Patients for Palliative Care

Paul Glare MD Send Email
Chief, Pain & Palliative Care Service,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
1275 York Avenue
New York, New York, NY 10065
646-888-3124
Impact of Emergency Department Identification of Palliative Care Patients on Hospital Average Length of Stay

Sarah K. Minor, DO, FACOEP Send Email
Palliative Care Medical Director
Mercy Hospital
Take it to the Limit: Palliative Education

Sharol L. Herr, RN, BSN, MSEd, CHPN Send Email
Palliative Clinical Manager
Mount Carmel Health
Palliative Care Services
1144 Dublin Road
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-234-0222 or 614-596-0346
A Whole Life Model for Community Based Palliative Care

Veronica Hychalk; Nursing Administration Send Email
Vice President Professional Services
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
1315 Hospital Drive
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
802-748-7420
Journey To Certification Through Partnership

Amy Dolce, APN, MS, CHPN, AOCN Send Email
APN Educator – Oncology/Palliative Care
Northwest Community Hospital
800 W. Central Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
847-618-8945
Palliative Outpatient Clinic: Impact on Hospital Metrics

Linda Roesch, MPH Send Email
Manager, Operations
Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
211 E. Ontario, Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60601
312-926-4593
Rural Hospital Symptom Scores and Financial Metrics

Angela Orsky, DNP, LNHA, RN Send Email
Vice-President
Palliative Care Cleveland County
951 Wendover Heights Drive
Shelby, NC 28150
(704) 487-4678
The Impact of a Palliative Care Program in a Rural Appalachian Community Hospital: a Quality Improvement Project

Bernita Armstrong, DNP, APRN-BC Send Email
Palliative Care Coordinator
Pikeville Medical Center
911 Bypass Road
Pikeville, Kentucky 41501
606-218-4836
Integrating Palliative Care Across a Health System

Becca Hawkins Send Email
System Palliative Care Coordinator
Providence Health & Services
1801 Lind Ave SW
Renton, WA 98057
541-310-0092
Gift of Life: Palliative Care and Organ Donation

Marwa Kilani, Medical Director, Palliative Care Send Email
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
15031 Rinaldi Street
Mission Hills, CA, 91345
310-429-7246
Catherine Curran
Donation Development Coordinator
OneLegacy
221 South Figueroa
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Changing Culture in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Erica Randall BSN, RN Send Email
ICU Clinical Coordinator
Salem Hospital
890 Oak Street SE
Salem, OR 97301
503-814-4140
Palliative Care in the ICU: Improving Patient Outcomes

Noreen Tamerius RN Send Email
Critical Care Services
Sanford Health
Fargo, North Dakota 58122
701-234-7213
Initiating Palliative Care in Rural Cancer Center

Donna Butler, MSN, ANP-BC, OCN, ACHPN, FAAPM Send Email
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Schneck Medical Center
411 W. Tipton Street
Seymour, IN 47274
812-523-7863
Small Team – Big Impact: Intervening at Life’s End

Cindy Kuklenski, RN, BC Send Email
Palliative Care & Acute Care Pain Management RN
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
9100 West 75th Street
Shawnee Mission, KS 66204
913-676-2224
Integrating Palliative Care into the ICU: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Kareem Johnson RN Send Email
South Miami Hospital
6200 Southwest 73rd Street
South Miami, FL 33143
786-662-8150
Be Careful What You Wish For: Managing Explosive Growth

Daniel Maison, MD FAAHPM Send Email
Medical Director, Palliative Care
Spectrum Health
145 Michigan Street NE, Suite #5120
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616-391-9945
Integrating Palliative Care in a Community Hospital ICU

Merryn Jolkovsky, MD Send Email
Medical Director of Palliative Care
St. Cloud Hospital
1406 Sixth Avenue North
St. Cloud, MN 56303
320-251-2700, ext. 57117
A Year in Review: Palliative Care in Community Oncology

Sabrina Q. Mikan, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC Send Email
Advanced Practice Nurse, Sr.,
Texas Oncology
6204 Balcones Dr
Austin, TX 7873
512-427-9461

Leigh Fredholm, MD Send Email
Medical Director,
Central Texas Palliative Care Associates
4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78759
512-342-4700
Outpatient Palliative Care for the Young Adult Population

Laura Wiggins, MSN, APRN, BC-ANP, ACHPN Send Email
Director/Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
The Steward Center for Palliative Care
PO Box 13190
Savannah, GA 31416
912-354-8014
Care Coordination for Medicare Beneficiaries with Advanced Illness

Nancy K Williams MS RN PHN Send Email
Senior Director- Advanced Illness Care Management Program
Optum Health
9701 Health Care Lane
Minnetonka, MN 55343
952-931-4835
952-931-4838 (Asst.)
Improving Comfort Care in the Emergency Department

Anne Kinderman, M.D. Send Email
Director, Supportive and Palliative Care Service
San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
1001 Potrero Avenue, Box 0862
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-206-3303
How Spiritual Talk Will Change Palliative Work

Paul Galchutt, Chaplain, BCC APC Send Email
University of Minnesota Medical Center
612-273-3912
A National Survey of Pediatric Palliative Care Programs

Stacy S. Remke, MSW, LICSW, ACHP-SW Send Email
School of Social Work
University of MN
105 Peters Hall
1404 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
612.644.9324
Co-authors:
Rachel Augustin, MPH
Chris Feudtner, MD
Sarah Friebert, MD
Stacy Remke, MSW, LICSW, ACHP-SW
Carol E. Sieger, JD
David Weissman, MD
Joanne Wolfe, MD
The Business Case for Integrated Palliative Care

J Brian Cassel, PhD Send Email
Assistant Professor, Palliative Care Research
VCU Massey Cancer Center
804-628-1926
Co-authors:
Lisa Shickle, Nevena Skoro, Kathleen Kerr, Patrick Coyne, and Egidio Del Fabbro
Innovation in Community Based Palliative Care

Karol DiBello, RN, MS, FNP-BC, ACHPN Send Email
Associate Director, SPARK Program
VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care
1250 Broadway, 4th floor
New York, NY 10001
212 609-1786
Critical Care + Palliative Care = Quality Care

Keya Eaton, BSN, RN, CHPN Send Email
Adult Palliative Care Coordinator
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157
336-716-2248
Assessing Palliative Care Teams: The Palliative Care Index

Alexandra Edelen Send Email
Research Assistant
Wayne State University/Vanguard Health Systems
6071 W. Outer Drive
Room L436
Detroit, MI 48235
734-748-8292

Denise Waselewsky Send Email
Coordinator of Clinical Research
Wayne State University/Vanguard Health Systems
6071 W. Outer Drive
Room L465
Detroit, Michigan
313-966-6119
Understanding Community Barriers to Improve Palliative Care

Teri Vega Stromberg MSN, RN, ACHPN Send Email
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Palliative Care
Wheaton Franciscan -St. Joseph Campus
5000 W. Chambers
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53210
414-447-2303