April 2016 – AAHPM Blog

Advancing PCHETA: We Need YOU!

April 7, 2016 by AAHPM

By Gregg VandeKieft, MD MA FAAFP FAAHPM Chair, AAHPM Advocacy & Awareness Strategic Coordinating Committee This week (4/5/16), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) (shown in photo addressing Academy leaders during AAHPM’s 2015 Capitol Hill Days) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) in the U.S. Senate as S. 2748. The bill is … Read moreAdvancing PCHETA: We Need YOU!

Highlights of the April Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

April 7, 2016 by AAHPM

Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal: Special Series on Measuring What Matters Concordance of Advance Care Plans with Inpatient Directives in the Electronic Medical Record for Older Patients Admitted from the Emergency Department Corita R. Grudzen, Philip Buonocore, Jonathan Steinberg, Joanna M. Ortiz, Lynne D. Richardson, and … Read moreHighlights of the April Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management