The Summer Institute is featuring Hospice Practice is Changing – Take Charge! where you can learn the latest knowledge and tools to advance your practice and prepare for what’s coming. See what the presenters have to say about this upcoming course in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-27, 2016. . Deepen your knowledge and understanding of the … Read moreA Take on the Hospice Course – From the Presenters
Physicians in all subspecialties care for patients with serious illnesses, terminal illnesses, and those near death. There is increasing discussion of the need for all physicians to have basic palliative care skills relevant to their own individual subspecialties, in order to optimally care for patients with serious illnesses. The foundational knowledge necessary to provide this … Read moreAAHPM Provides Consultation to National Board of Medical Examiners on USMLE Step Exams
Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal: Education Exchange Toward Safer Transitions: A Curriculum to Teach and Assess Hospital-to-Hospice Handoffs Neha J. Darrah and Nina R. O’Connor Original Articles Burdensome Physical and Depressive Symptoms Predict Heart Failure-Specific Health Status Over One Year Hillary D. Lum, Evan P. Carey, … Read moreHighlights of the June Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
According to Trip Advisor, there are 162 exciting things to do in Pittsburgh. We know you won’t have time to do them all since learning will be your priority at the AAHPM Summer Institute July 24-27, but we thought you may want to see what the top 10 things are: PNC Park “Best ballpark in … Read morePittsburgh. Mighty. Beautiful.
The National Quality Forum (NQF) held an in-person meeting in Washington, DC, May 10-11, 2016, to re-evaluate 16 palliative & end-of-life care performance measures. Information about the measures being evaluated, the NQF process, and the NQF Standing Committee roster can be found on the NQF website. AAHPM leaders Christine Ritchie, Paul Tatum, Gregg VandeKieft, and … Read moreAAHPM Represented at NQF Palliative and End-of-Life Care Meeting
On May 13-14 2016, the Peruvian Societies of Palliative Care (Sociedad Peruana de Cuidados Paliativos, SPCP) and Neurology (Sociedad Peruana de Neurologia, SPN) held their first two-day conference and workshop on “Palliative Care and Neurology” in Lima, Peru. In a country without a palliative care training program, and where the development of palliative care is … Read moreFirst Neuro-Palliative Care Workshop in Peru
Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal: Original Articles Effects of a Short-Term Dance Movement Therapy Program on Symptoms and Stress in Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy: A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Trial Rainbow T. H. Ho, Ted C.T. Fong, Irene K. M. Cheung, Paul S. F. Yip, … Read moreHighlights of the May Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
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!
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
Special Series on Measuring What Matters Adherence to Measuring What Matters Measures Using Point-of-Care Data Collection Across Diverse Clinical Settings Arif H. Kamal, Janet Bull, Christine S. Ritchie, Jean S. Kutner, Laura C. Hanson, Fred Friedman, Donald H. Taylor, Jr., and the AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group Original Articles Tai Chi Exercise for Cancer-Related Fatigue … Read moreHighlights of the March Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management