Kristen Bunt, Director, Quality IntegrationKristen Bunt, SDAHO’s director of quality integration, has been appointed to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Quality and Standards Committee.

Bunt, whose two-year term began Jan. 1, attended the first committee meeting last week. setting the stage for the committee’s work for this year. Focus areas include a referral and admission model, staff cultural competency training resources, transitions between settings, medication management and relatedness tools.