Plenary Sessions
Disaster Preparedness: What We Have Learned and Where We Need to Go (101)
Sheri Fink, MD PhD, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, ProPublica, New York, NY
Marianne Matzo, PhD APRN-CNP FAAN FPCN, University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, Oklahoma City, OK
This engaging session will feature stories from the frontlines of recent disasters made more poignant by our gathering in the city of New Orleans. Award-winning journalist, Dr. Sheri Fink, has reported on health, medicine, and science in the United States and from every continent except Antarctica. She has worked with humanitarian aid organizations in more than a half dozen emergencies in the United States and overseas. Joining her will be Dr. Marianne Matzo, professor and Frances E. and A. Earl Ziegler Chair in Palliative Care Nursing at the University of Oklahoma, who served as a committee member and author of the palliative care section of the Institute of Medicine's Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response.
Learn from their research and experiences about disaster preparedness and the role of palliative care and hospice in these situations. How do we provide the best care for our patients when resources are scarce? When do standards of care change? How do we guard against racial disparities and care for the most vulnerable?
Friday, March 15
Our Exit Strategy: Denying Death Its Strangeness (102)
David Oliver, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Debra Parker Oliver, PhD MSW, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Following a diagnosis of stage IV nasopharyngeal carcinoma with widespread metastasis to the bone, David and his wife Debbie decided to go public about the disease. Their goal was to create a dialogue about experiences related to cancer diagnosis, treatment, palliative and hospice care, and, eventually, death and bereavement.
Using social media to produce and disseminate teaching videos, the Olivers have taken the world into their home to witness this dramatic journey. During their presentation, they will share what it is like to go from gerontologist to patient and researcher to caregiver—as well as the many difficult decisions they have had to make along this journey. The Olivers have shared their experiences on CBS's This Morning with Charlie Rose and in a video blog (dbocancerjourney.blogspot.com) and received responses from cancer patients, families, and professionals from 74 countries around the world.
In addition to discussing required coping behaviors and adjustments, David will describe goals for the end of his life, and Debbie will share the courage needed by caregivers to face the death of a loved one. Together they will discuss what they need from palliative care, what this journey has meant to them personally, and how going public has created important teachable moments. Recently David said, "This cancer is much bigger than my story; we have a responsibility to share what we have learned about this cunning, baffling disease."
Saturday, March 16
The State of the Science: Update in Hospice and Palliative Care (103)
Jay R. Horton, MPH ACHPN FNP-BC, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Kimberly S. Johnson, MD MHS, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Wendy Gabrielle Anderson, MD MS, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA (contributor)
Science becomes accessible and relevant in this popular, often humorous plenary session. Combining a rigorous review of the hospice and palliative care research from the last year, the presenters will offer critiques and case applications relevant to all disciplines. This session will stimulate your thinking and challenge your knowledge of hospice and palliative care.
Closing Plenary Session
Shifting Sands of Health Care: The Future of Medicare Payment (104)
Paul B. Ginsburg, PhD, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC
Beverly Paukstis, RN MS CHPN CHPA, The Washington Home and Community Hospices, Washington, DC
Sue Ramthun, Hart Health Strategies, Washington, DC
Phillip E. Rodgers, MD FAAHPM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
The US healthcare system is in the midst of unprecedented change and rapidly-escalating healthcare costs mean more is yet to come. As policymakers look to rein in spending, reforms aimed at increasing efficiency raise sometimes daunting questions for hospice and palliative care practitioners: How might Medicare provider reimbursement be expected to change and what does the future hold for the hospice benefit? How can this field—which cares for Medicare's highest need, highest cost beneficiaries—help shape health system change and capitalize on the opportunities it presents? This thoughtful, dynamic session will begin to answer your questions about emerging payment and delivery models and the implications for you and your patients.
*Schedule and faculty subject to change
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