Healthcare professionals and systems are understanding the benefits of having palliative care available to their patients. Improving quality of life for their patients and their care partners comes through providing physical, emotional, spiritual and psychosocial support offered through palliative care’s interdisciplinary team. Systems find improved patient satisfaction and decreased cost of care by providing goal concordant care which can reduce ER and ICU visits.
Starting or expanding a palliative care program can come with many questions. The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) offers tool kits to help answer those questions. They include:
- Designing a Home-Based Palliative Care Program
- Hospice-Led Palliative Care
- Designing an Inpatient Palliative Care Program
- Designing an Office or Clinic Palliative Care Program
- Designing a Long Term Care Palliative Care Program
- Pediatric Palliative Care Delivery
- Concepts of Community Based Palliative Care Program Design 101
While each of these tool kits contain some Open To All information, you will need a CAPC membership to access all the content. An organization with membership has access to all resources and free continuing education credits for the ENTIRE STAFF of the organization with free ABIM Maintenance Certification (MOC) points for physicians. Not sure if your organization has membership, check here.
South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is a proud member of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), the nation’s leading resource dedicated to increasing the availability of quality health care for people living with serious illness. CAPC is offering a 15% discount membership rate to SDAHO members. Learn more at capc.org or contact the CAPC membership team at membership@capc.org or 626-599-3730.
