The 2027 National Seminar explores the ideas, innovations, and strategies shaping the future of palliative care through seven Areas of Focus.
- Integration and Influence Across the Health Care System
Approaches to building organizational support, strengthening referral relationships, and advancing the role of palliative care across the continuum of care. - Demonstrating Value and Securing Resources
Strategies for measuring impact, communicating value, and securing the resources needed to build and sustain high-quality palliative care programs. - Equity and Access
Strategies to reduce disparities, improve access, and ensure that all people living with serious illness–across the lifespan–receive high-quality, person-centered care. - Technology-Fueled Innovation
AI and other emerging technologies that improve efficiency, communication, measurement, and care quality. - Operational Excellence Across Settings
Practical approaches to managing demand, improving efficiency, and designing care models that meet the needs of both adult and pediatric patients, caregivers, and clinicians. - Leading Healthy, High-Performing Teams
Strategies for developing leaders, strengthening team culture, supporting well-being, and helping interprofessional teams thrive. - Policy, Payment, and Advocacy
Identifying opportunities for systems change through policy advocacy and payment innovation.