Thursday, September 17, 2009
1:30-2:30 PM Eastern

Past Audio Conference, Purchase CD NOW!
If you are not automatically redirected, click here.

Featured Speakers

Amber B. Jones, MEd
Hospice Liaison Consultant
Center to Advance Palliative Care
New York, NY

John E. Barkley, MD, FCCP
Chief Medical Officer
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region
Charlotte, NC

About the Presentation

Health care reform includes opportunities for palliative care providers as many of the White House, Senate and House proposals specify concerns that can be addressed by the palliative care provider community. Examples include services more consistent with stated patient and family preferences, more effective management of transitions between sites of care and more efficient use of health care dollars. In several of the proposed bills, legislative language specifies improved provider partnerships as a means to achieving the desired outcomes. This presentation will showcase how hospitals are increasingly looking to their local hospices as natural partners with whom to begin or enhance hospital palliative care initiatives, and as a medium to bridge acute inpatient care and services in non-hospital settings.

Join Us and Learn

• Parameters of hospice-hospital partnership models that work
• Who does what – defining roles, responsibilities and funding support
• Strategies for avoiding likely barriers
• Documenting outcomes – important data points to track

Who Should Attend?

Physicians; nurses; social workers; financial managers; administrators and others involved in operating a 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 Q&A session with the presenter
• Continue the discussion following the audio conference and post your questions and comments on CAPCconnect™ Forum in the “Hospital and Hospice Partnerships” 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