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Palliative Care Consult Service

Palliative Care Consult Service. Dr. David Grossman, MD Brenda Eastham, CRNP Marge Lang, LCSW. What is Palliative Care?. Medical specialty focused on the relief of suffering associated with serious illness Physical Suffering Emotional Suffering Social Suffering Spiritual Suffering

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Palliative Care Consult Service

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  1. Palliative Care Consult Service Dr. David Grossman, MD Brenda Eastham, CRNP Marge Lang, LCSW

  2. What is Palliative Care? • Medical specialty focused on the relief of suffering associated with serious illness • Physical Suffering • Emotional Suffering • Social Suffering • Spiritual Suffering • Beginning at the moment of diagnosis can help address symptoms and set goals of care

  3. What is the Palliative Care Consult Service? • Medical specialty team that supports physician’s care of patients and families with serious and life threatening illness • Certified Palliative Care Physician • Certified Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

  4. Palliative Care Consult Service • Focused on • Improvement of quality of life for both patient and family • At all stages of illness • Simultaneously with curative care • Treatment of complex pain and symptoms • Management of time-intensive patient-family communication

  5. When should I consult Palliative Care? • Patients who require complex pain and symptom management where relief of symptoms is hard to achieve • Patients/Families with time-intensive communication regarding goals of care and treatment options • Help coordinate treating physician’s plan of care • Discharge planning

  6. Why Should I Consult Palliative Care? • Number of Americans living with debilitating chronic and life threatening illness is growing • Supports physician by supplementing and facilitating the plan of care • Evidenced-based medical treatment • Lower pain and discomfort • Improve patient outcomes • Improve patient satisfaction

  7. Early Palliative Care for Metastatic NSCLC NEJM 363;8 733-742 AUG.19, 2010

  8. How do I consult Palliative Care? • Go to Soarian Clinicals Order Entry • CPOE Physician Consults • Palliative Medicine • Reason for consult • Pain Management • Non-Pain Symptom Management • Goals of Care • Transition Planning • Advance Care Planning • Complex Family Management • Withdrawal of Life-Prolonging Interventions • Other • Free text message

  9. How can I contact the nurse practitioner? • Brenda Eastham – 484-678-5349 • IntelliWeb – alpha page • Office Number 610-732-6787 • Leave consult information • Patients name • Physician consulting • Reason for consultation

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