Dear CAPC e-NEWS Subscriber,
Happy New Year from CAPC! We are pleased to start off the year with the following news and announcements:
1. CAPC Management Training Seminar: "PLANNING, FUNDING, AND SUSTAINING A HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS," Philadelphia, PA, February 27 - March 2, 2003
2. CAPC Hosts Grand Rounds Audio Conference: Tuesday, January 28th
3. New AHA data: Hospitals Starting Palliative Care Programs at Rapid Rate
4. A Few Good FACTS
5. Articles of Interest
6. Make the Case! Request CAPC's New, Free Publication: THE CASE FOR HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE
Did you Know? U.S. News and World Report now lists palliative care as a criterion in its rankings of "America's Best Hospitals!"
1. REGISTER NOW FOR THE NEXT CAPC CONFERENCE!
PLANNING, FUNDING, AND SUSTAINING A HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM:
TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Marriott
(near Philly's famous historic district)
February 27 - March 2, 2003
A comprehensive seminar intended for healthcare managers, physicians, nurses, administrators, institutional teams, and others responsible for the planning and implementation of hospital or health system-based palliative care programs. This seminar offers new tools, material and workshops while also offering enhancements to material provided in previous seminars.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
· The Case for Hospital-Based Palliative Care
· Creating Compelling Business and Financial Plans
· Funding Palliative Care Programs
· Effective Marketing
· Crossing the Clinician-Management Gap
· Needs Assessment Organizational Models
· Quality Measures
· Hospital-Hospice Partnerships
· Discussion of JCAHO Standards
· And more
SPONSORED BY:
The Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Hospice Network
TO REGISTER, download the registration brochure at www.capc.org. For further information, please call the CAPC Event Line at (212) 201-2680, or e-mail barbara.mastroddi@mssm.edu.
2. CAPC GRAND ROUNDS AUDIO CONFERENCE . . .
COMMUNICATING A COMPELLING CASE FOR PALLIATIVE CARE
Tuesday, January 28, 2003
1:00 pm Eastern Time
SHARYN SUTTON, PhD
President, Sutton Group
Washington, DC
Communicating a compelling case to clinicians and key decision-makers is essential for starting and sustaining a hospital-based palliative care program. We are therefore pleased to announce Dr. Sharyn Sutton as our next grand rounds speaker.
Dr. Sutton is founder and president of the Sutton Group, a recognized leader in the field of social marketing - the development of strategies to affect social change. Established in 1996, the Sutton Group has supported communications efforts and strategic planning for a number of key organizations working with palliative care issues, including CAPC, EPEC, AARP, and Aging with Dignity.
As always, these monthly one-hour calls are free of charge. Space is limited.
TO REGISTER, please contact Margaret Schutz at margaret.schutz@mssm.edu, or call (212) 201-2671. Ms. Schutz will be glad to answer any questions you may have about the audio conference. We look forward to hearing from you.
3. GOOD NEWS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE. . .
AHA Study Highlights New Trend in Health Care Delivery
Hospitals have been starting palliative care programs at a rapid pace, according to new data just released by American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals. The new 2003 data shows 806 hospitals nationwide providing palliative care programs in 2001, as compared to 668 programs the previous year - a one-year increase of over 20%.
The AHA Survey - a thorough survey of over 4,000 hospitals - first started tracking data for palliative care programs in 2000 (reported in the 2002 survey). As the health care delivery system has changed, so have the data tracked by the survey, reflecting new trends among hospitals as they expand services to meet the needs of their patients. As of July 2002, U.S. News and World Report has also added palliative care as a criterion in its special issue, America's Best Hospitals.
The AHA statistics can be found in Hospital Statistics - 2003 edition, a comprehensive guide to trends in hospitals, facilities, and patient services. The report surveys all AHA-registered hospitals and includes data arranged by state, region, and Metropolitan Statistical Area.
4. A FEW GOOD FACTS . . .
· Oncologists have reported that 64% of their patients suffer from pain, with 75% of sufferers categorizing their pain as moderate to severe. (Portenoy, R.K. Symptom Prevalence...1994)
· Over 90% of pain episodes and other symptoms can be effectively treated with standard analgesic therapies provided and closely monitored by a palliative care program.
If you have a good fact that can help support the case for hospital-based palliative care, please e-mail them to lisa.morgan@mssm.edu. We will try to feature FACTS regularly, so that all can take advantage of them to help build their case.
5. ARTICLES OF INTEREST . . .
"American's health care spending soared 8.7% in 2001, the biggest increase in a decade, as prices surged for everything from prescription drugs to hospital stays, according to a new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid." - New York Times, January 7, 2003
"Developing palliative care programs in hospitals requires a relatively low star-up investment and can have an immediate impact on "outlier cases," overall resource use and ICU utilization. Direct program costs are more than offset by the financial benefit to the hospital system." -
Dr. Diane E. Meier, The Case for Hospital-Based Palliative Care
6. MAKING THE CASE . . .
THE CASE FOR HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE:
WHY LEADING HOSPITALS ARE STARTING PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAMS
A new, free publication from CAPC for those who would like an important reference tool to help them build a compelling case for starting a hospital-based palliative care program. The Case details how leading hospitals are starting palliative care programs to deliver the high-quality care that seriously ill patients want and need, while increasing staff and patient satisfaction, and lowering costs. It is intended as both a reference tool and a handout, to help professionals "make the case" with their key decision-makers.
Copies may be downloaded at http://www.capc.org/content/258/.
Or, to request a copy by mail, please contact margaret.schutz@mssm.edu.
About CAPC . . .
The Center to Advance Palliative Care is a national initiative supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with technical assistance provided by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Our mission is to increase the availability of quality palliative care services in hospitals and other healthcare settings for people with life-threatening illnesses, their families and caregivers. As a national resource center, CAPC offers healthcare professionals a range of educational, technical and networking resources as part of its goal to make palliative care a nationwide standard. (http://www.capc.org/)
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Thank you for your ongoing efforts to advance palliative care.
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