Increasing access to palliative care and improving care quality for patients with serious illness through effective leadership.

The Results Are In: Palliative Care Professionals Share How They’re Doing in 2025

CAPC’s second annual Palliative Pulse survey offers insight on how palliative care professionals across the country are feeling this year and what they’re focused on—see how they responded.

Palliative Care and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Practical Guidance from a Referring Oncologist

An oncologist explores the nuances of timing palliative care referrals in metastatic breast cancer, emphasizing individualized care and cross-team communication.

These 12 Innovations are Shaping the Future of Palliative Care

A review of the unique, replicable poster projects that received Special Recognition at the 2025 CAPC National Seminar.

Beyond the Scale: Addressing Weight Stigma to Improve the Care of Patients with Serious Illness

Seven practical ways clinicians can recognize and address weight stigma in their daily practice to provide more compassionate, person-centered care.

How Ochsner Health Integrated Palliative Care Training into Its Medical School Curriculum

Making the case for palliative care in undergraduate medical education—and practical advice for getting started.

Creating Safe Spaces: Why Trauma-Informed Care Matters for Patients and Teams

Trauma is very common—and it impacts both patients and clinicians. Here are practical ways to foster safety and trust with a trauma-informed approach.

A Letter to the Field: Leading with Purpose in Challenging Times

CAPC CEO, Brynn Bowman, MPA, discusses the challenges of today’s health care landscape and shares four strategies to help palliative care leaders navigate uncertainty and safeguard quality care.

Productivity Benchmarking in Palliative Care: What We Know and Where to Start

With the complexity of productivity benchmarking in palliative care, this blog offers a starting point for setting wRVU targets while acknowledging the unique and time-intensive nature of the work.

From Boomers to Gen Z: Navigating Generational Differences on Health Care Teams

All about the challenges and benefits of age diversity on health care teams—plus four key principles for leading multigenerational teams successfully.

Los Angeles Wildfires, Climate Change, and Palliative Care: A Call to Action

California wildfires highlight the urgent role of palliative care in protecting vulnerable patients and building climate-resilient health care.

Words Have Power: Strategies to Reduce Stigmatizing Language in Palliative Care Documentation

Five strategies that clinicians can adopt today to ensure clinical documentation is free of stigmatizing language—to promote patient-centered care and reduce health disparities.

Introducing a New Paradigm for Supporting Family Caregivers

Caregiver advocate, Dr. Allison Applebaum, outlines the tremendous impact of caregiving—plus five steps clinicians can take right now to support family caregivers in their practice.

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