Hospice Hashtags
Palliative Care is being recognized today as a core essential health care service. As we gain understanding of palliative care through a growing body of research, knowledge translation and networking, we can become better at providing this service in many settings where care of the very ill or dying is delivered; communities, nursing homes, palliative care units, hospice and acute …
28th Management and Leadership Conference
Healthcare Conferences | Topics: end-of-life communication, healthcare continuum, hospice, management and leadership, palliative careThe 2013 Management and Leadership Conference will provide opportunities for attendees to discuss leadership and engagement opportunities throughout the care continuum; identify innovative approaches that expand the continuum of care and increase access to hospice and palliative care; discuss changes in the regulatory, health policy and healthcare landscapes that impact hospice and palliative care; develop strategies to adapt to changes …
AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Course
Healthcare Conferences | Topics: clinical updates, hospice, leadership and administration, Medical Director, Regulatory updatesAAHPM Hospice Medical Director Course. Aug. 29–31, 2013 Join your peers and national experts to explore and further develop your clinical, regulatory, administrative, and leadership skills needed in hospice today. The course features breakout sessions, panel discussions to address attendee questions, and practical tools for practice. This updated and enhanced course is intended for hospice medical directors at all levels …
31st VNAA Annual Meeting
Healthcare Conferences | Topics: home health, home healthcare, hospice, nonprofit homehealth, nonprofit hospice31st VNAA Annual Meeting. Apr. 9-12, 2013 in Weston, FL. This Meeting brings together leaders and policy makers from a diverse cross-section of the nonprofit home health care and hospice fields, providing a forum for valuable and insightful dialogue on the top issues affecting the field today.
Developing a Manchester Framework for Palliative Care
Healthcare Conferences | Topics: CCGs, City Council, hospice, manchester, palliative care, summitDeveloping a Manchester Framework for Palliative Care Summit – partnership event hosted by #McrCCGs and @ManCityCouncil 08:30 – 13:00 followed by lunch, in the 1894 Suite at the Etihad (Manchester City Football) Stadium.
AAHPM & HPNA Annual Assembly
Healthcare Conferences | Topics: Cancer, end of life, ethics, hospice, hospice medicine, interdisciplinary care, life-threatening illness, Pain, palliative, palliative medicine, quality of lifeThe Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) is designed for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers interested in acquiring, maintaining, or expanding the skills needed to function effectively in the field of hospice and palliative care. As leaders in promoting excellence in hospice and palliative care, …
19th International Congress on Palliative Care
Healthcare Conferences | Topics: bereavement, comfort, death, dying, end of life, grief, healthcare, hospice, international, loss, Pain, palliative careAn international conference that stimulates mind-expanding conversations at the intersection of the sciences and humanities of palliative care. For more information and complete programming, visit http://www.palliativecare.ca
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Global is a tweetchat that expands the ever popular #hpm tweetchat to other time zones around the world, focusing on palliative care as an important global health issue. Moderator @jfclearywisc
Fortnightly tweet-chat for healthcare chaplains (non-healthcare chaplains welcome), co-founded by @CVDavies and @DavidFleenor. Transcripts at: http://storify.com/CVDavies and http://storify.com/PaganChaplain.
Nurses are using their unique insight to take action and create innovative solutions that provide affordable, coordinated, and effective care that Americans so urgently need. Through the Raise the Voice campaign, the American Academy of Nursing is mobilizing its Fellows, partner organizations, and health leaders to ensure Americans are aware of how nurses are changing – and improving – the …
These weekly TwitterChats began as a monthly chat hosted by @DeathwDignity, the Death with Dignity National Center (http://www.deathwithdignity.org). #DWDchat is geared toward helping people learn more about the groundbreaking Death with Dignity Acts in Oregon and Washington which allow competent, terminally-ill state residents to decide whether or when to hasten their deaths with medication. Though these chats are often about …
The #hpm tweetchat about hospice and palliative medicine takes place every Wednesday at 6pm PT/9pm ET. For information please contact moderators @aliciabloom, @rfberry or @ctsinclair
Hospice Influencers
