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An Open Forum with Leaders of the Palliative Care Leadership Centers SM (PCLC)

An Open Forum with Leaders of the Palliative Care Leadership Centers SM (PCLC). CAPC Audio Conference December 7, 2006. Good News for Palliative Care. Palliative care continues rapid growth in hospitals with 96% increase in the last five years. According to latest AHA data:

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An Open Forum with Leaders of the Palliative Care Leadership Centers SM (PCLC)

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  1. An Open Forum with Leaders of the Palliative Care Leadership CentersSM (PCLC) CAPC Audio Conference December 7, 2006

  2. Good News for Palliative Care Palliative care continues rapid growth in hospitals with 96% increase in the last five years. According to latest AHA data: • 30% of all hospitals have a program • 50% of hospitals with over 75 beds have a program • 70% of hospitals with over 250 beds have a program • 57% of hospitals with a cancer program approved by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) have a program • 75% of Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH) members have a program • 46% of hospitals in cities with a population of 1-2.5 million have a program

  3. More Good News for Palliative Care • ABMS now recognizes palliative care as medical subspecialty • National Quality Forum (NQF) to release A National Framework for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality Measurement and Reporting • Newsweekfeatures palliative care as one of the top ten solutions to America’s hospital crisis: “Health for Life, Fixing America’s Hospital Crisis,” Newsweek, October 16, 2006.

  4. The Hospital Perspective For hospitals, palliative care is a key tool to: • Effectively treat the growing number of people with complex advanced illness • Provide service excellence, patient-centered care • Increase patient and family satisfaction • Improve staff satisfaction and retention • Meet JCAHO quality standards • Rationalize the use of hospital resources, avoid costs • Increase bed/ICU capacity, reduce costs • Invest in a Health Care Advisory Board best practice with Grade A rating • Improve USNWR hospital ranking

  5. NEW! CAPC seminar for active programs Strengthening Your Palliative Care Program: A Level II Seminar for Growth and Sustainability June 21-23, 2007 Disney’s Contemporary Resort Orlando, Florida

  6. Strengthening Your Palliative Care Program: A Level II Seminar for Growth and Sustainability • Making the business case for multi-year sustainability • Interdisciplinary team dynamics • Staffing for growth • Leadership development • Running a family meeting • Hospice-hospital interface • Long-term care models • Consult 202 • Coding and billing • Measuring success • Small group sessions, “Lab time” and “Office Hours” Learn more and register at www.capc.org

  7. Who Should Attend? • Hospital and Hospice physicians, nurses, social workers, financial managers and administrators from palliative care programs up and running for a day, a month or for years • Those poised to launch a program • Those who want to restart a program • PCLC-trained and CAPC seminar-trained team members

  8. New!CAPC website for patients and families www.GetPalliativeCare.org

  9. Palliative Care Leadership CentersSM (PCLC) • Fairview Health System - Minneapolis, MN • Mt. Carmel Health System - Columbus, OH • Medical College Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI • Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass - Lexington, KY • University of California San Francisco - San Francisco, CA • VCU Massey Cancer Center - Richmond, VA Learn more and register at www.capc.org/pclc

  10. A PCLC Snapshot • 2-day visits, hands-on training, +1 full year distance mentoring at any one of six exemplary programs. Consistent, in-depth curriculum, different hospital settings and locations. • PCLC has trained 500 institutions in 2 ½ years “The program made all the difference. Because of what our staff learned, our palliative care program has more patients, a larger budget, and much more legitimacy throughout the hospital. It really helped to have a leader in the field behind our efforts.” ―Erin Rhatigan, RN, HPNC/ Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula

  11. Does all of this work? Successful outcome = new or established palliative care program • CAPC Seminar attendees reporting a new PC program: 59% • PCLC attendees reporting a new PC program 2 years post-training: 88%

  12. CAPCThe Nation’s Leading Resource for Palliative Care Program DevelopmentTools – Training – Technical Assistance • Essential seminars • Palliative Care Leadership CentersSM (PCLC) training and mentoring • Practical audio conferences • Publications: A Guide to Establishing a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program; The Case for Hospital Based Palliative Care • Useful tools and resources www.capc.org

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