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

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

AAHPM Represented at NQF Palliative and End-of-Life Care Meeting

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

First Neuro-Palliative Care Workshop in Peru

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

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

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

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

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

Highlights of the March 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

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

Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal: Special Series on Measuring What Matters Feeling Heard and Understood: A Patient-Reported Quality Measure for the Inpatient Palliative Care Setting Robert Gramling, Susan Stanek, Susan Ladwig, Elizabeth Gajary-Coots, Jenica Cimino, Wendy Anderson, Sally A. Norton, and the AAHPM Research Committee Writing … Read moreHighlights of the February Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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

Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal: Original Articles Differences in Physicians’ Verbal and Nonverbal Communication with Black and White Patients at the End of Life Andrea M. Elliott, Stewart C. Alexander, Craig A. Mescher, Deepika Mohan, and Amber E. Barnato The Influence of Race/Ethnicity and Education on … Read moreHighlights of the January Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management