Needs Assessment for the Hospital Palliative Care Program

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What You’ll Learn

  1. Identify your stakeholders so you know with whom to engage
  2. Conduct effective stakeholder interviews in order to determine business and clinical priorities and to identify gaps and existing building blocks
  3. Articulate why your organization needs a palliative care program or expanded services
  4. Build relationships with stakeholders to get support for the program, and develop a common focus on supporting people with serious illness

What You’ll Earn

Only CAPC members who are logged in can earn the following free Continuing Education Credits:

  • Medicine: 0.75 CME
  • Nursing: 1.00 CNE
  • Social Work: 1.00 CE (NYSED)

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Tools & Resources

Hospital Program Needs Assessment Data Collection Tool
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Articulate the rationale for a hospital palliative care program or expanded service, and identify patient demographic and utilization data that guide the design of services. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2015.

Hospital Program Stakeholder Interview List
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Planning document for stakeholder interviews. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2015.

Hospital Program Interview Guide
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Tips and sample questions for conducting stakeholder interviews during the needs assessment process. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2015.

Hospital Needs Assessment Key Findings Worksheet
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Synthesize needs assessment data to guide program design. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2015.

Concept Proposal Outline
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Annotated template for a formal concept proposal for the inpatient palliative care program. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2015.

Course Directors

Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN. Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care.

Andrew E. Esch, MD, MBA. Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care.

Philip Higgins, PhD, LICSW. President Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.

Sivan Ben-Moshe, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Sachin Kale, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Katie Wang, MD. Fellow, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Jay R. Horton, PhD, ACHPN, FNP-BC, MPH, CENP. Director of Nursing Safety, Quality, and Performance Improvement Mount Sinai Hospital. Assistant Professor Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Contact information: For technical questions about online activity or continuing education credits, contact membership@capc.org or 347-835-0658.

Provided by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

The Courses

Hospital Palliative Care Program Design

Incorporating needs assessment and stakeholder priorities into design of a high-quality inpatient program.

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Building the Business Plan for Your Hospital Program

Building a budget and a business plan for the inpatient program. Includes business planning tools.

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