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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Navigating Outpatient Opioid Prescribing

Practical guidance for palliative care clinicians navigating safe and effective opioid prescribing in the outpatient setting.

Evaluating the Performance of Large Language Models on Palliative Care Test Questions

Study finds that two AI models answered the majority of palliative care knowledge questions correctly, generating answers that clinician educators rated more highly than existing answer key.

A Decade of Virtual Palliative Care Skills Training by CAPC

An article in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management highlights how CAPC has scaled virtual clinical skills training to more than 160,000 clinicians over the past decade.

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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Navigating Outpatient Opioid Prescribing

Practical guidance for palliative care clinicians navigating safe and effective opioid prescribing in the outpatient setting.

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Addressing Suicidality

What palliative care clinicians need to know about recognizing and responding to suicidal ideation in patients with serious illness.

CMS Proposes Rule That Would Support Community-Based Palliative Care

Under the proposal, the Medicare home health benefit could serve as a key entry point to palliative care.

Measuring How Palliative Care is Delivered: Using Provider Sequences as a New Quality Signal

Study suggests provider sequence may represent a novel quality signal that may better explain end-of-life outcomes than traditional palliative care program characteristics.

Lung Cancer Navigation Pilot: Nurse Outreach Support for Lung Cancer Patients Enrolled in the EOM

Study finds structured nurse outreach for high-risk metastatic lung cancer patients can meaningfully improve key quality and utilization outcomes, including reductions in hospital admissions, ED visits, and cost savings.

Palliative Care Coaching for Family Caregivers of Patients With Advanced Cancer

JAMA Network Open study examines the effect of a palliative care coaching intervention among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer.

Application Period Open for the 2027 AHA Circle of Life Award

Apply for the 2027 AHA Circle of Life Award, which honors palliative care programs delivering innovative interdisciplinary palliative care, by July 15, 2026.

Comparing an Embedded SW/NP Hospital-Based Palliative Care Model Against Referral-Based Specialty Care

An embedded SW/NP hospital-based palliative care model reduced ICU admissions, shortened hospital stays, and proved sustainable over time.

How Mayo Clinic Adopted an Innovative AI Tool for Palliative Care Utilization

While as many as 60% of patients who could benefit from palliative care don't receive it, Mayo Clinic is using AI to help close the gap.

Evaluating the Performance of Large Language Models on Palliative Care Test Questions

Study finds that two AI models answered the majority of palliative care knowledge questions correctly, generating answers that clinician educators rated more highly than existing answer key.

CAPC Endorses Global Campaign for Equitable Access to Pediatric Palliative Care

Learn about the Close the Gap: Palliative Care for Children Everywhere campaign and how to get involved.

Palliative Care for Older Adults with Hip Fracture: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study

Study explores gaps in palliative care process documentation for older adults hospitalized with hip fracture and provides strategies for improvement.

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