HANYS Hosts Webinar Series on Palliative Care
Care Transitions in Palliative Care Yield Improved Patient Outcomes: June 19 Webinar
On June 19, HANYS will continue its ten-part, monthly webinar series to help health care providers initiate or expand access to palliative care services for patients, residents, and families, with a webinar on care transitions.
Members preparing applications for the Medicaid waiver's DSRIP program may find the June 19 Increasing Access to Palliative Care in the Community Through New Relationships and Partnerships session especially pertinent as they seek to learn best practices in transitions of care
Please register online using the links below and join us the third Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. for these one-hour programs.
HANYS, with the generous support from the Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation, is providing a webinar series for healthcare providers seeking to initiate or expand access to palliative care.
While the demand for palliative care services exists across acute and community care settings, needed resources for palliative care services?such as palliative care expertise, experience, and knowledge?may not always be readily available. Cross-setting collaborative partnerships where palliative care services are deployed across organizational boundaries have resulted in improved access to palliative care for patients, residents, and their families. Developing these cross-setting partnerships is especially important as providers begin to prepare projects for the Medicaid waiver Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program.
In the June 19 webinar, Increasing Access to Palliative Care in the Community Through New Relationships and Partnerships, leaders from New York State-certified hospice provider CareFirst and Arnot Health will discuss their partnership, keys to their success, and best practices to forging new alliances across provider types and care settings.
Please register online using the links below:
- June 19, 2014: Increasing Access to Palliative Care in the Community Through New Relationships and Partnerships
- July 17, 2014: The Business Case for Palliative Care
- September 18, 2014: Palliative Care and the Patient and Family Discussion: 10 Steps for What to Say and Do
- October 16, 2014: Advance Care Planning
- November 20, 2014: Models of Running a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Consultation Service
- December 18, 2014: Models of Palliative Care in the Nursing Home Setting (registration will be available soon)
- January 15, 2015: Models of Palliative Care in the Home Care Setting (registration will be available soon)
- February 19, 2015: Models of Palliative Care in the Assisted Living Setting (registration will be available soon)
This webinar series is complimentary and open to all New York State providers. Faculty are nationally recognized experts in their fields.
The New York State Palliative Care Access Act requires hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, special needs assisted living residences, and enhanced assisted living residences to provide access to information and counseling regarding options for palliative care appropriate for patients with advanced life-limiting conditions and illnesses. These providers and residences must facilitate access to appropriate palliative care consultation and services, including associated pain management, consistent with patient or resident needs and preferences.
Hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, and assisted living organizations across the state are in the midst of rapid transformation as they seek to achieve the "triple aim" of improving health, enhancing quality, and lowering costs. Research has demonstrated that palliative care helps support the triple aim goals by reducing unnecessary hospitalization and emergency department visits, improving the quality of life, and reducing the cost of care for seriously ill individuals.
Source: HANYS Event