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COnCurrent SeSSiOnS
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2A Don’t Jump on the Care Continuum Bandwagon Too Quickly
Richard Chesney MBA, Healthcare Market Resources, Dresher, PA Stan Massey BA, Transcend Hospice Marketing Group, Holland, OH
10:15 aM - 11:45 aM
2D Chronic Disease Management Across the Continuum — An Innovative Model
Suzi K. Johnson MPH, RN, Sharp HospiceCare, La Mesa, CA Daniel Hoefer MD, Sharp HospiceCare, La Mesa, CA
The purpose of this presentation is to challenge the attendees’ thinking that diversification across the care continuum is “a magic bullet” that will quickly solve all their problems. Before they get too far down this diversification path, attendees should carefully consider whether diversification is the optimal strategy, given their organization’s situation and market conditions. From a financial perspective, the rationale behind the expansion across the care continuum is to increase the long-term financial viability of the organization. The speakers will present a process to analyze diversification versus alternative investments of management time and resources to accomplish this same goal. Attendees will receive a set of tools which will guide them in making this decision. The presenters will discuss an alternative, which is to grow the acceptance of hospice with consumers and the medical community.
Learn how Sharp HospiceCare built a collaborative partnership with key medical groups and hospitals to better manage patients with chronic heart failure, dementia and COPD in their homes. Through the Transitions Advanced Illness Management Program, Sharp HospiceCare bridges “the four walls of traditional care” into the culture of hospice and palliative care. Faculty will also share data that strongly supports the efficacy of the program through positive outcomes in both quality care and financial performance.
2E Discover, Dream, Design & Destiny: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Energize and Enhance Your Quality Program
John Mastrojohn III MSN, MBA, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, VA Gwynn Sullivan RN, MSN, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, VA
2B Community-Based Opportunities for Extending the Palliative Care Continuum
Amber Jones MEd, Center to Advance Palliative Care, Albany, NY Nancy Henley MD, Spragens and Associates, LLC, Durham, NC
Although hospital-based palliative care services have proliferated, patient access to non-hospice palliative care expertise outside the hospital setting is often limited or non-existent. This session will address how community-based palliative care services can respond to patient preferences for care at home and policy initiatives designed to avoid unnecessary re-hospitalizations. Case studies will briefly outline three service delivery models. A structured work plan will help participants frame next steps, including identification of mechanisms to facilitate smooth transitions between inpatient and community-based care.
Having a creative, effective and efficient quality program is vital to the sustainability of your organization. By attending this intensive, highly interactive workshop, you will learn how to apply an innovative process using Appreciative Inquiry (AI). By using AI, a popular new approach to organizational change, you will learn how to energize your quality program. Specific strategies, tools and resources will be offered to help you engage staff to enhance your quality improvement efforts and ultimately exceed the expectations of your patients and families.
2F Implementation of a Hospice Respiratory Therapy Program that Improves Quality, Provides Continuity and Decreases Costs
Mary Jo Quinn MS, ARNP, ACHPN, HPC Healthcare, Inc, Temple, FL
2C Serving Your Community by Building and Sustaining a Comprehensive Palliative Care Continuum
Susan Bruno MSW, LCSW, Suncoast Institute, Clearwater, FL Stacy Orloff EdD, LCSW, Suncoast Hospice, Clearwater, FL
Palliative care programs are gaining in popularity as healthcare systems recognize their integral role in developing a continuum of services ranging from chronic care to end-of-life care. Learn how one community-based hospice and palliative care provider developed a functioning continuum of palliative care programs based on age, location and patient/family need. A continuum of programs will be reviewed which represents the community needs from pre-birth through old age.
Hospices routinely care for patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary diseases. Although more than half of hospice patients are reported to experience dyspnea at some point in their hospice care, data regarding the utilization and cost of respiratory therapists in hospice programs has not been reported. Advances in COPD care include more frequent use of bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) to better treat dyspnea and fatigue, as well as an alternative to intubation when mechanical ventilation is needed. The latter has resulted in increased referrals of patients who are unable to be weaned from BiPAP. HPC Healthcare has established a successful hospice respiratory therapy program that has increased access to care and improved quality of life, while decreasing costs. This program will feature the use of respiratory therapists as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team in caring for COPD patients.
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Developing the Care Continuum: Innovative Models to Meet the Unique Needs of Patients/Families Conference
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