Transforming HealthCare: Advance Care Planning - A New Model

Thursday, April 7, 2011: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Primary Presenter:
Suzi K. Johnson, MPH, RN
Co-Presenter:
John Tastad
Area of Emphasis: Innovative Service Delivery
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe influences forcing the need for new models of advance care planning and explain a conceptual model
2. Describe how this model can impact the care continuum in a positive manner
3. Describe funding considerations and opportunities
Learn an innovative advance care planning model that proactively influences the planning process for the care of persons with serious, advanced or terminal illness.  Using a dynamic and multidimensional approach, facilitating conversations earlier in the disease trajectory can result in better alignment between wishes and actual care received.
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