NewsLine - October 2012 - (Page 3)

Innovation News! Innovation within the hospice community is not a new concept—especially to those of us who have been working on behalf of end-of-life care since the early days of the hospice movement. For many hospice pioneers, innovation was born out of necessity, and it has continued to be something of a guiding star for our field. Fittingly, it has also been the inspiration behind a new initiative that NHPCO officially announced late last month: the Mary J. Labyak Institute for Innovation. The Institute is designed to continue the work of hospice pioneer, Mary Labyak, whom many of you know passed away last February. It will carry out her legacy of listening, learning and innovating while also informing and enriching the field within the broader context of a very different and still-evolving health care continuum. The Institute will focus on developing and promoting new strategies to ensure the best possible care for patients and families—while always keeping the needs of patients and families at the center of those strategies. I invite you to learn more at www.nhpco.org/innovation. That said, the Institute is not the only setting in which creative work is taking place. This past summer, NHPCO hosted a five-day virtual conference on volunteer leadership. As we note in the feature on page 22, the response to this new format was overwhelmingly positive and we will certainly use virtual conferencing for other offerings in 2013, both large and small. Additionally, NHPCO’s website is being completely redesigned and should be launched by the end of this year. Significant upgrades to the member database are also under way and will help us serve you better. Finally, let me share news about an exciting collaboration that’s in the works—an app for mobile devices called “eHospice.” UK-based Help the Hospices is developing an international version that is being released this fall and NHPCO will launch a U.S. version for health care professionals for release in early 2013. More details will follow in next month’s NewsLine. Many of you are also leading or supporting innovative work in your own communities. Please let us know what you are doing by sending a simple note or more formal communication to newsline@nhpco.org. J. Donald Schumacher, PsyD President/CEO NewsLine 3 http://www.nhpco.org/innovation

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NewsLine - October 2012

How to Lose a Million Dollars
A Message From Don
11 Strategies to Sustain a PC Program
2012 VLVC: An Example of Things to Come
The New Outreach Ads are Here!
The Voice of NCHPP
Teaching Tips to Improve Retention
Free RAE Section Activities
2012 Circle of Life Honorees
How the Fiscal Cliff Will Affect Hospice
World Day 2013: Plan Ahead
Simione: Solving Your Hospice Challenges (display ad)
Member News and Notes
When Life Gets Serious: Glatfelter (display ad)
NHPCO’s Affinity Program (display ad)
Compliance Tip
CTC 2012 (display ad)
Videos Worth Watching
News From NHF

NewsLine - October 2012