Facing the Challenge of Budget Barriers
What happens when your palliative care program's budget is cut significantly? How do you evolve and survive when your institution isn't providing the support you need to meet patients in need? This ep...
5 Nov 201819min
Showing Your Program's Value and Return on Investment
Dr. Stephanie Houck heads up the palliative care program at UT Southwestern Medicine. In this episode, she discusses proving her program's value through data and metrics in the face of a potentially c...
1 Nov 201814min
Embracing Change and Innovation in Palliative Care
Dr. Carl Robert Grey is a Geriatric Medicine Specialist and Co-Director of the Palliative Care Program at Wake Forest Baptist Health in North Carolina. At the time of recording, Dr. Grey was only week...
29 Okt 201824min
Overcoming the Challenges of Successful Growth
In this episode of the program spotlight series, Mary Alfano-Torres, Medical Director for Chapters Health Palliative Care in Florida, discusses how she prepared her staff to handle the enormous growth...
2 Sep 201832min
How to Better Care for Dementia Patients
How to Better Care for Dementia Patients by Center to Advance Palliative Care
21 Aug 201837min
Reducing Hospital Readmissions through Palliative Care
In this episode, Dr. Bob Bergamini of Mercy Palliative Care Services in St. Louis steps into the program spotlight to discuss how his program has fought to reduce readmission rates for his institution...
13 Aug 201824min
How to Create a Culture of Palliative Care
Adriane Mackie RN and Jennifer Blechman MD of Partners in Care in Oregon step into the program spotlight to discuss building and growing an outpatient palliative care program. In this episode, Jennife...
8 Aug 201823min
Expanding into the Outpatient Setting: Challenges and Success Stories
The Rev. Kelley Woggon, M.Div., BCC of Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky steps into the palliative care program spotlight to discuss her palliative care program's push to move into the outpati...
18 Maj 201820min
