Innovative Models Of Palliative Care Delivery

Tuesday, July 8, 2014: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Primary Presenter:
Steven Radwany, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Area of Emphasis: Palliative Care Continuum
Learning Objectives:
1. Review innovative components of a community based Palliative Care and Hospice program within the context of an integrated delivery system of health care
2. Identify barriers and opportunities for developing such models
3. Define pathways and strategies for program development
This session will describe Innovative Models of Palliative Care Delivery in the context of  community based hospice and palliative medicine.  Discussion will center about the ways in which these models can extend the reach of hospice and palliative care programming and give patients and families who are coping with serious and complex illness access to essential services across the continuum of care.