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The Canary in the Coal Mine – Nursing’s Role in Integration of Palliative Care in ICU: <a href="mailto:diane.capretta@affinitymedicalcenter.com" title="diane.capretta@affinitymedicalcenter.com">Diane L. Capretta, BSN, RN, MBA <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Director, Intensive Care Unit Affinity Medical Center 875 8th Street NE Massillon, Ohio 44646
Time: Why does it take so many people to take care of these patients?: Margaret Farrar Laco, RN MSN CPNP-AC/PC <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /> Sarah Friebert, MD Akron Children’s Hospital Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center 1 Perkins Square Akron, Ohio 44279
Triggering PC to reduce readmissions with BOOST: <a href="mailto:timothy.jessick@aurora.com" title="timothy.jessick@aurora.com">Timothy Jessick, DO <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Palliative Medicine Aurora Health Care 2424 South 90th Street, Suite 212 West Allis, WI 53227
Access to Palliative Care in an Acute Community Hospital: <a href="mailto:jennifer.j.johnson@aurora.org" title="jennifer.j.johnson@aurora.org">Jennifer Johnson, LCSW <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Palliative Care Coordinator Aurora Lakeland Medical Center W3985 County Road NN Elkhorn, Wisconsin 53121
Transitional of Care for Children after Critical Illness: <a href="mailto:wboyte@umc.edu" title="wboyte@umc.edu">W. Richard Boyte, M.D. <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Batson Children’s Hospital University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Pediatrics 2500 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216
Pediatric Palliative Care Program as Medical Home: <a href="mailto:wboyte@umc.edu" title="wboyte@umc.edu">W. Richard Boyte, M.D. <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Batson Children’s Hospital University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Pediatrics 2500 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216
Managing Palliative Care Patients in the Emergency Department: <a href="mailto:jamessu@baylorhealth.edu" title="jamessu@baylorhealth.edu">Jim Sullivan BSN, RN, CEN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Emergency Department Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas 3500 Gaston Ave Dallas, Texas 75246
Outcomes and Impact of Inpatient Acute Palliative Care Unit in an Academic Medical Center: A novel approach: <a href="mailto:seti@chpnet.org" title="seti@chpnet.org">Serife Eti, MD – Key Contact <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Director of Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Beth Israel Medical Center Peter Selwyn, MD, MPH Professor of Family and Social Medicine Chairman Department of Family and Social Medicine Montefiore Medical Center 111E 210th street Bronx, NY 10467
Palliative Care: Big Impact in Small Hospital: <a href="mailto:dbrame@bdh-boz.com" title="dbrame@bdh-boz.com">Deanna Brame, MSN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care Consultants Bozeman Deaconess Hospital 915 Highland Boulevard Bozeman, MT 59715
Spreading Hospital Palliative Care Services: <a href="mailto:komalley@chcf.org" title="komalley@chcf.org">Kate O’Malley, RN, MS <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Senior Program Officer California HealthCare Foundation 1438 Webster Street, Suite 400 Oakland, CA 94612
Heart Failure: A Strategy to Increase Palliative Care Referral: <a href="mailto:grubaugk@gmh.org" title="grubaugk@gmh.org">Kaye Grubaugh MSN, RN, ACHPN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Quality of Life Care Coordinator CaroMont Health Gastonia, NC 28052
Palliative Care Consults in Patients Pursuing Curative Treatments: <a href="mailto:paragbharadwaj@hotmail.com" title="paragbharadwaj@hotmail.com">Parag Bharadwaj, MD FAAHPM <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Medical Director Palliative Care Program 8700 Beverly Blvd., Room 2802 Los Angeles, CA 90048
Bringing Palliative Care to Rural SW Colorado: <a href="mailto:dankeuning@yahoo.com" title="dankeuning@yahoo.com">Daniel Keuning, FNP, ACHPN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> 1010 Three Springs Durango, CO 81301
Improving Palliative Care in RI ICUs: A Model for Success: <a href="mailto:Stacy.remke@childrensmn.org" title="Stacy.remke@childrensmn.org">Stacy. S. Remke, LICSW <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Pain and Palliative Care, Mail Stop 40-409 Children’s Hospitals and Clinics 2525 Chicago Ave. So. Minneapolis, MN 55404
Making the Care & Communication Bundle Electric!: <a href="mailto:kbarcelos@communitymedical.org" title="kbarcelos@communitymedical.org">Kevin Barcelos, RN, BSN, CCRN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Clinical Nurse IV, Critical Care Community Regional Medical Center PO Box 1232 Fresno, California 93715
Palliative Care and SNFs: A Growing Partnership: <a href="mailto:catomik@evergreenhealthcare.org" title="catomik@evergreenhealthcare.org">Cynthia Tomik, LICSW, Program Manager <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Evergreen Palliative Care 12040 NE 128th Street Mailstop # 119 Kirkland, WA 98034
Palliative care for neuromuscular conditions: <a href="mailto:jbelew@gillettechildrens.com" title="jbelew@gillettechildrens.com">John Belew, Nurse Researcher <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare 200 University Avenue East St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
What is pediatric neuropalliative care?: <a href="mailto:jbelew@gillettechildrens.com" title="jbelew@gillettechildrens.com">John Belew, Nurse Researcher <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare 200 University Avenue East St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Life Choices: A Palliative Model Across The Continuum: <a href="mailto:Eileen.roberto@chsli.org" title="Eileen.roberto@chsli.org">Eileen Roberto, RN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Catholic Health Services / Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center 1000 Montauk Highway West Islip, New York 11795
A Quality of Life and Communication Template for Palliative Care on the PICU: <a href="mailto:scohen@humed.com" title="scohen@humed.com">Susan Orkand Cohen, MA <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Hackensack University Medical Center 30 Prospect Avenue Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Palliative Care Results in Savings for Hospitals: <a href="mailto:Terry_Melvin@hospiceofchattanooga.org" title="Terry_Melvin@hospiceofchattanooga.org">Terry A. Melvin <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Chief Medical Officer <a href="mailto:meg_beene@hospiceofchattanooga.org" title="meg_beene@hospiceofchattanooga.org">Meg C. Beene <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Foundation Executive Director – Key Contact The Hospice of Chattanooga Foundation 4411 Oakwood Drive Chattanooga, TN 37416
Bridging The Gaps—A Cancer Center--Community Collaboration: Michael W. Rabow, MD Director Symptom Management Service UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA <a href="mailto:redwingk@jfcs.org" title="redwingk@jfcs.org">Judith Redwing Keyssar, RN, BA, Author <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Director, Palliative and End of Life Care Program Seniors at Home, a division of Jewish Family and Children’s Services 2150 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115
Closure: Changing Expectations for End-of-Life: <a href="mailto:anderson@jhf.or" title="anderson@jhf.or">Michelle Anderson, MOT, OTR/L <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Jewish Healthcare Foundation 650 Smithfield Street Centre City Tower, Suite 2400 Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Advanced Illness Coordinated Care: <a href="mailto:daniel.johnson@kp.org" title="daniel.johnson@kp.org">Dan Johnson, MD <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Clinical Lead for Palliative Care, Care Management Institute Kaiser Permanente 2550 S Parker Rd, Suite 400 Aurora, CO 80014
Extending Pediatric Palliative Care to Rural KS: <a href="mailto:kdavis2@kumc.edu" title="kdavis2@kumc.edu">Kathleen G. Davis, PhD <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Assistant Professor Director, KU Kids Healing Place University of Kansas Medical Center 3901 Rainbow Blvd. – MS4004 Kansas City, KS 66160
Advanced Care Planning Team as Precursor for Palliative Care: <a href="mailto:elizabeth.morton@dimensionshealth.org" title="elizabeth.morton@dimensionshealth.org">Elizabeth Hope Morton <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Quality Improvement Coordinator Laurel Regional Hospital 7300 Van Dusen Road Laurel, MD 20707
One Health Care System’s Commitment to Providing Palliative Care Across the Continuum: <a href="Andrew.Esch@leememorial.org" title="Andrew.Esch@leememorial.org">Andrew Esch, MD MBA <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> <a href="Karen.Washburn@leememorial.org" title="Karen.Washburn@leememorial.org">Karen Washburn MSW ACSW <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Director QLife/Palliative Care Lee Memorial Health System 8931 Colonial Center Drive, Suite 200 Fort Myers Florida 33905
How We Grew an Interdisciplinary Learning Community for Palliative Medicine: <a href="mailto:Krista.Hirschmann@LVHN.org" title="Krista.Hirschmann@LVHN.org">Krista Hirschmann PhD- Key Contact <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Daniel Ray, MD Elissa Foster, Ph.D Lehigh Valley Health Network 1240 S. Cedar Crest Blvd JDMCC Suite 414 Allentown, PA 18103
Measuring the Immeasurable in Palliative Care: Patient and Family Support Card: <a href="mailto:ggarvin@nshs.edu" title="ggarvin@nshs.edu">Gina Garvin, MA <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Manager, Patient and Family Support <a href="mailto:wedwards1@nshs.edu" title="wedwards1@nshs.edu">Wendy S.A. Edwards, MD <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Director of the Program in Palliative Medicine Lenox Hill Hospital 100 East 77th Street New York, New York 10075
Giving Voice to the Journey: Utilizing Oral History for Psychosocial Intervention in Pediatric Palliative Care: <a href="mailto:allison.shukraft@carolinas.org" title="allison.shukraft@carolinas.org">Allie Shukraft, MSW <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Pediatric Advanced Care Team Social Worker Levine Children’s Hospital 1000 Blythe Blvd, 7D Hall Charlotte, NC 28203
Decreased Hospital LOS Using IPAL– ICU & TPCT Model in ICUs: <a href="mailto:babcock.carol@mccg.org" title="babcock.carol@mccg.org">Carol W Babcock, MFT – Key Contact <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Manager, Center for Palliative Care Larry E. Robinson, DMin Heather Biggs, MFT Urviben Patel, MD Medical Center of Central Georgia 777 Hemlock Street, MSC 47 Macon, Georgia 31201
Palliative Care Outpatient Metrics: A First Look: <a href="mailto:smuchka@mcw.edu" title="smuchka@mcw.edu">Sandra L. Muchka, RN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Palliative Care Center Medical College of Wisconsin 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53226
LTC to Community: Palliative Care Across the Continuum: <a href="mailto:lhealy@mptvfund.org" title="lhealy@mptvfund.org">Linda Healy MSN, FNP, GNP, ACHPN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Motion Picture and Television Fund 23388 Mulholland Drive (Mailstop #40) Woodland Hills California 91364
Navigating the Rapids of Transition Management: <a href="mailto:sherr@mchs.com" title="sherr@mchs.com">Sharol Herr, Clinical Manager Palliative Care Services – Key Contact <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Linda Bentley, RN, MSN, CNP, ACHPN Mount Carmel Health System 1144 Dublin Road Columbus, Ohio 43215
Partnering to Build a Community Hospital Palliative Care Program: <a href="mailto:kmcolby@nch.org" title="kmcolby@nch.org">Karen M. Colby RN, MS, NEA-BC <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Director Oncology/Palliative Care/Orthopedics/Med-Surg Neurology/inpatient Wound Care <a href="mailto:pcerone@nch.org" title="kpcerone@nch.org">Phyllis Cerone RN, MS, APN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Director Critical Care/Respiratory Car Northwest Community Hospital 800 West Central Road Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
Evaluation of Palliative Care Initiatives in the Intensive Care Setting: <a href="mailto:cblais@ochsner.org" title="cblais@ochsner.org">Christopher Blais MD <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> <a href="mailto:debourgeois@ochsner.org" title="debourgeois@ochsner.org">Deborah Bourgeois APRN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Ochsner Health System Palliative Medicine Brent House #305 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans, Louisiana 70121
Implementation of a palliative care program for the largest health care system in Oregon: <a href="mailto:woody.english@providence.org" title="woody.english@providence.org">Woodruff English MD <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Medical Director, Palliative Care Program, Oregon Region Providence St Vincent Medical Center MT 2124 9205 SW Barnes Road Portland, OR 97225
Improving Interpreting in Palliative Care: Cynthia Roat, MPH National Consulting on Language Access in Health Care Shoreline WA Monique Parrish, DrPH, MPH, MSSW California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland CA <a href="mailto:anne.kinderman@ucsf.edu" title="anne.kinderman@ucsf.edu">Anne Kinderman, MD – Key Contact <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Program Director, Supportive & Palliative Care Service San Francisco General Hospital 1001 Potrero Ave, Box 0862 Dept of Medicine, 5H6 San Francisco, CA 94110
Successful ICU Family Meetings: <a href="mailto:mdeely@shorememorial.org" title="mdeely@shorememorial.org">Maureen Deely, RN, MSN, CHPN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Manager, Palliative Care Shore Memorial Hospital 1 E New York Ave Somers Point, NJ 08244
Bereavement Guide Meets Family Needs Hospital Wide: <a href="mailto:Maria.Vitsentzos@chsli.org" title="Maria.Vitsentzos@chsli.org">Maria Vitsentzos, ANP-BC <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Palliative Care Program Director St. Francis Hospital 100 Port Washington Blvd Roslyn, NY 11576
Life Sustaining Management and Alternatives (LSMA) Program. A Palliative Care Construct in an Urban Emergency Department Setting.: <a href="mailto:Baharr@sjhmc.org" title="Baharr@sjhmc.org">Ramazan Bahar RN-BC, MSW, LSW, C-ASWCM <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Program Coordinator Emergency Department Geriatrics and Palliative Care Services 703 Main Street Paterson, NJ 07503
StoryCorps Legacy: Recording stories of people with serious illness: <a href="mailto:acreer@storycorps.org" title="acreer@storycorps.org">Alexis Creer <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Legacy Coordinator StoryCorps 80 Hanson Place, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217
Spiritual Care Advance Directive (SCAD): A Guide For a Spiritual Counselor to Provide Therapeutic and Creative Interventions at End-of-Life care: <a href="mailto:James.kim@tmmc.com" title="James.kim@tmmc.com">James Kim, BCC, CT, MDiv, DMin <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Chaplain, Spiritual Care Torrance Memorial Medical Center 3330 Lomita Bl. Torrance, CA 90505
Inpatient Palliative Care: A Review of Current Evidence: <a href="mailto:lmeece@ufl.edu" title="lmeece@ufl.edu">Lauren Meece <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> 5065 NW 45th Road Unit 106 Gainesville, FL 32606 <a href="mailto:dneff@ufl.edu" title="dneff@ufl.edu">Dr. Donna Neff <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a>
Improving Home Hospice Transitions W/ A Family Checklist: <a href="mailto:Healyj@uthscsa.edu" title="Healyj@uthscsa.edu">Jennifer Healy, DO – Key Contact <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Jason Morrow, MD, PhD Brenda Perry, BSN, RN-BC Peggy Bartholomew, RN-BC Charles Nolan, MD Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, MD University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and University Health System7703 Floyd Curl Drive MC 7875 San Antonio, TX 78229
Creating a Viable Hospital Policy for Discharge of the Terminally Ill, Intubated ICU Patient with Comfort Measures and Removal of Life Support in the Home. Yes, We Can.: <a href="mailto:ewinders@wellspan.org" title="ewinders@wellspan.org">Elizabeth L Winders RN CHPN <img src="email_button.gif" alt="Send Email" border="0" /></a> Palliative Care Consult Nurse York Hospital, Wellspan Health 1101 S George St York PA, 17405

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