CAPC e-NEWS June
2003
Dear Subscriber,
We are pleased to offer the following news and announcements:
1. Register now for the next CAPC Grand Rounds Audio Conference: Managing Death in the ICU: Integrating Palliative Care and Critical Care,
June 17th at 1 pm EST. Featured speaker: J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH, University of Washington.
2. Early Bird registration begins for the CAPC Fall Management Training Seminar.
3. Palliative Care Leadership Centers to be Announced Early August.
4. Seeking Samples: Job Descriptions.
5. In the News.
6. Articles of Interest.
7. Save the Date.
U.S. News and World Report now lists palliative care as a criterion in its rankings
of America's Best Hospitals!
1. CAPC GRAND ROUNDS AUDIO CONFERENCE
. . .
Managing Death in the ICU: Integrating Palliative Care and Critical Care
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
1 pm EST
J. Randall Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., F.C.C.P.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Director, Harborview End of Life Research Program
Learn about operationalizing palliative care in the ICU from one of the country's
leading experts. Dr. Curtis will discuss state of the art methods for integrating
palliative care in the ICU setting. He will also discuss system level interventions
used to improve palliative care in the ICU; examine the principles and practices
of withdrawing life support in the ICU setting; and discuss how to communicate
with critically ill patients and their families.
Co-editor of the book, Managing Death in the Intensive Care Unit, (Oxford University
Press 2001), Dr. Curtis has dedicated his career to improving quality care for
persons with chronic diseases and critical illness. We are very pleased he can
join us as our next grand rounds speaker.
This monthly, one-hour call is free of charge - but space is limited and only
available on a first-come, first-served basis.
TO REGISTER, please contact 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!
2. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR
CAPC FALL MANAGEMENT TRAINING SEMINAR . . .
Planning, Funding and Sustaining a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program:
Tools and Strategies for Success
October 23-25, 2003
Westin Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA
(in historic Gaslamp Quarter)
This three-day fall seminar is an enhanced version of CAPC's previous
Management Training Seminars on Planning a Hospital-Based Palliative
Care Program. Seminar highlights include: Creating Compelling Business
and Financial Plans; Funding Palliative Care Programs; Effective Marketing;
Needs Assessment/Organizational Models; Quality Measures; Hospital-Hospice Partnerships;
and Obtaining Philanthropic Support.
Healthcare managers including physicians, nurses, administrators and others
responsible for the planning and implementation of hospital and health system-based
programs are encouraged to attend. This program is approved for CME Credit.
Program Partners include: California Coalition for Compassionate Care; California
Healthcare Association; California Hospice Association; California Hospice and Palliative Care Association.
NOTE: Early Bird rate of $610 (individual) and $560 (discount)*
available for registrants now through August 15th.
Registration fee: $645 (individual); $595 (discount)*.
Fee includes Thursday evening reception; continental breakfast Thursday,
Friday and Saturday; luncheons on Thursday and Saturday; coffee breaks and educational
materials.
Hotel group rate: $179/night (single or double occupancy)
*Discount rate applies to those registering as part of a group, as well as
to individuals from CAPC State Networks, VA groups, and members of our program
partners.
For more information, and to register early, please call 212-201-2680 (Barbara
Mastroddi) or e-mail barbara.mastroddi@mssm.edu
3. PALLIATIVE CARE LEADERSHIP CENTERS
TO BE ANNOUNCED EARLY AUGUST . . .
In early August, CAPC will award a total of $4.5 million to six leading palliative
care programs for the establishment of Palliative Care Leadership Centers (PCLC).
This CAPC/RWJF initiative will link exemplary hospital-based palliative care
programs with health care institutions seeking to develop similar state-of-the-art
capabilities.
4. SEEKING SAMPLES: JOB DESCRIPTIONS .
. .
Would you be willing to share your team's job descriptions? CAPC plans
to post job descriptions on its website (www.capc.org) for key palliative care
team positions, in order to assist programs that are attempting to develop their
own. Our goal is to provide several models for the following positions:
· Medical Director
· Palliative Care Physician
· Clinical Director
· Nurse Practitioner
· Social Worker
Samples will be posted on the CAPC website. Please email descriptions in Word
or PDF format to Willow Troy at willow.troy@mssm.edu
5. IN THE NEWS . . .
ABC News - U.S. Medical System Shortchanges Senior Citizens
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/Living/eldercare030519.html
Reuters.com - Study: Seniors in HMOs Use More Hospice Care
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=h ealthNewsstoryID=2692649fromEmail=true
Washington Post - Dead Wrong. Most Want to Die at Home. Here's Why They Don't Succeed
www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/articles/A47283-2003May12.html
6. ARTICLES OF INTEREST . . .
Journal of American College of Surgeons Features Series on Palliative Care
in Surgery
http://www.promotingexcellence.org/navigate/surgeons.html
Hospice Use Among Medicare Managed Care and Fee-for-Service Patients Dying
With Cancer
http://jama.ama- assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/17/2238?etoc?eaf
All doctors must be ready to provide palliative care
http://www.amednews.com/content/pick_03/prsb0512.htm
Recently published palliative care protocol guidelines for newborns
Catlin, A.J., Carter, B.S. (2002). Creation of a Neonatal End of Life
Palliative Care Protocol, Journal of Perinatology, 22 (3): 184-195.
Catlin, A.J., Carter, B.S. (2002). Creation of a Neonatal End of Life
Palliative Care Protocol, reprinted in Neonatal Network, Journal of Neonatal
Nursing, 21 (4): 37-44.
Patterns of Functional Decline at the End of Life
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/289/18/2387.pdf
Disseminating Innovations in Health Care
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/289/15/1969.pdf
7. SAVE THE DATE! CALENDAR OF EVENTS .
. .
Applications Sought for Funders Consortium to Advance Palliative Medicine
The Project on Death in America invites proposals from new or established palliative
care fellowship training programs for funding support of individual fellowships
in palliative care.
Deadline: August 1, 2003
See the Project on Death in America web site http://www.soros.org
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.
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