NewsLine - June 2013 - (Page 32)

Short Takes Award Winners Recognized at MlC Congressman Earl Blumenauer, a longtime hospice champion, welcomed more than 2,000 members and industry experts to NHPCO’s 28th Management and Leadership Conference held on April 25–27. As part of the conference and related events, six awards were presented to leaders involved in the field. Inaugural Quality Leadership Award: Joan Teno, MD, MS This new award was established to recognize demonstrated leadership, commitment, and innovation that have significantly contributed to hospice organization excellence and improved care delivery and outcomes. Dr. Teno was recognized as the first recipient of this award for her work as a researcher and a clinician dedicated to understanding how to measure and improve the quality of care for people at the end of life. Dr. Teno is a professor of Community Health and Medicine and associate director of the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at the Brown Medical School as well as a health services researcher and hospice medical director. She is board certified in internal medicine, with added qualifications in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Among her many accomplishments was her work as the lead investigator in a research effort to create a 32 NewsLine Toolkit of Instruments to Measure Care at the End of Life. As part of this grant effort, she also created the Family Evaluation of Hospice Care, a longstanding NHPCO performance measure that is used by hospices nationwide. COS, FHSSA and NHF Also Present Awards COS Trailblazer Award The Council of States awarded Hawaii’s state hospice and palliative care organization, Kokua Mau, the 2012 Trailblazer Award for its development of an innovative method to improve access to palliative care and increase quality of care among Hawaii’s providers. Its work, which included expanding educational opportunities for private healthcare plans, can serve as a model for other states. FHSSA Global Partnership Award The third annual FHSSA Global Partnership Award was presented to the Center for Hospice Care and the Hospice Foundation of South Bend, Indiana, and its partner, the Palliative Care Association of Uganda in Kampala, Uganda. To learn more, see the release on the FHSSA website. Three NHF Awards At the National Hospice Foundation Gala, held on April 25 in conjunction with the conference, three awards were presented: the Morfogen Art of Caring Award to Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, Ellen Goodman; the Philanthropic Inspiration Award to Run to Remember founder, Stuart Lazarus; and the Buchwald Spirit Award for Public Awareness to actress and hospice volunteer, Torrey DeVitto. To learn more, see Giving Matters. http://www.fhssa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3442

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NewsLine - June 2013

Orchestrating Complex Care
A Message From Don
Determining Caseloads
MLC Conference Sponsors (display ad)
Quality on Display
Glatfelter Healthcare Practice (display ad)
PT in Hospice
Simione Consulting (display ad)
NHPCO Affinity Program (display ad)
Award Winners Recognized at MLC
2014 Circle of Life Call for Nominations
Member News
Compliance Tip
New Online Courses from NHPCO’s E-OL
Videos Worth Watching
News From NHF

NewsLine - June 2013