CAPC Palliative Care Program Spotlight
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Expanding Access to Palliative Care within a Rural Health System
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Patricia Fogelman, DNP, about being brought in to lead the palliative care program at Guthrie Clinic, a rural in...
How Research Informed a Home-Based Palliative Care Program from the Start
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we hear from Drs. Robert Friedman and Kate Tindall of Austin Palliative Care in Texas about their journey in establishing a home-base...
Building a Systemwide Palliative Care Collaborative
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jessica Israel, senior vice president of geriatrics and palliative care at RWJ Barnabus Health in New Jersey, shares how she built a palliat...
A Program Leader's Journey from Despair to Success
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chin-Lin Ching, medical director of palliative care at Highland Hospital, joins her mentor, Dr. Diane E. Meier, director of the Center to Advance ...
Teachable Moments: Proving the Value of Palliative Care
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Diana Martins-Welch, Palliative Care Physician at Northwell Health Long Island, discusses how she built the outpatient palliative care practice as...
Building a Program from the Ground Up
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kathy Selvaggi, Director of the Butler Health System Palliative Care Program, steps into the program spotlight to discuss how she helped build a p...
Music and Memory: Improving Alzheimer's and Dementia Care
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Music and Memory: Improving Alzheimer's and Dementia Care by Center to Advance Palliative Care
Marketing Your Palliative Care Team
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Palliative Care Program Spotlight features a phone interview with Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care in Lakewood, NY. The conver...
Facing the Challenge of Budget Barriers
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Showing Your Program's Value and Return on Investment
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stephanie Houck heads up the palliative care program at UT Southwestern Medicine. In this episode, she discusses proving her program's value throu...
Embracing Change and Innovation in Palliative Care
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Overcoming the Challenges of Successful Growth
02 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the program spotlight series, Mary Alfano-Torres, Medical Director for Chapters Health Palliative Care in Florida, discusses how sh...
How to Better Care for Dementia Patients
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How to Better Care for Dementia Patients by Center to Advance Palliative Care
Reducing Hospital Readmissions through Palliative Care
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 foug...
How to Create a Culture of Palliative Care
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Expanding into the Outpatient Setting: Challenges and Success Stories
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Rev. Kelley Woggon, M.Div., BCC of Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky steps into the palliative care program spotlight to discuss her palli...
Team Wellness: Avoiding and Overcoming Burnout
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Palliative care specialists can often feel spread thin especially if the team is understaffed or overbooked with consults. Dr. Wendy L. Knowlton, a Ho...
Building Relationships to Grow a Palliative Care Program
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Inge DiPasquale, RN steps into the Program Spotlight to discuss how building relationships with referring physicians helped build her program from the...
Integrating a Pharmacist into the Palliative Care Team
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Lehn, PharmD, is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Palliative Care at Banner Health in Phoenix, AZ. in this podcast, she discusses how adding a ...
Navigating Success and Managing Growing Pains
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With great success comes even greater challenges. How do you staff appropriately when your consults grow in big numbers? How do you scale your busines...
Hiring, Training, and Retaining Palliative Care Staff
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest guest on the Palliative Care Program Spotlight is Doctor Parag Bharadwaj. Parag is Chief of Palliative Care Medicine at Sentara Health in N...
The Big 3: Quality of Care, Provider Satisfaction, Cost Effectiveness
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on this episode is Greg Kimura, Director of Palliative Care for Monarch Healthcare in Orange County, California. In this engaging chat, Greg...
Using Data to Find the Right Patients
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we chat with Abi Katz, Medical Director of Advanced Illness Management at Fidelity Health Care and Premier Health. In this conversatio...
Establishing and Growing a Palliative Care Team
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you create a palliative care culture at an institution when there isn't one? How do you take the idea of palliative care and turn that into a r...
Breaking Down Barriers with Referring Clinicians
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest in this episode of the Program Spotlight is Kristin Edwards who oversees the palliative care service line at Bridgeport Hospital, within a m...
Palliative Care from the Top Down with Dr. Ira Byock
12 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests on this episode are Dr. Ira Byock and Dr. Kevin Murphy of the Institute for Human Caring of Providence St. Joseph Health. In this chat, Ira...
Starting and Sustaining an Outpatient Palliative Care Program
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lori Yosick, Director for Community Palliative Care at Trinity Health, is one of the country's leading experts in palliative care. In addition to runn...
Palliative Care in the Community Setting: Starting a Program with Home Hospice of Grayson County
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the palliative care program spotlight. In this episode, we're talking about the challenges of growing and sustaining a palliative care...
Collecting and Leveraging Data with Community Regional Medical Center
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A common issue palliative care programs face is finding the time to collect and leverage data. It's hard enough to reach the growing needs of patients...
Payment and Billing with ProHealth Physicians
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For those of you who have listened back to previous episodes you know that some of the same hot button issues keep emerging in these chats. One of tho...
Improving the Referral Process with Grady Health Systems
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest in this episiode is Dr. Paul DeSandre, Director of Palliative and Supportive Care at Grady Health Systems in Atlanta, GA. In our conversatio...
Overcoming Growing Pains with Community Health Network
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do you sustain a palliative care program in the community setting? "Communication, communication, communication," says Stacey Sharp, Director of M...
Retaining and Training Staff with Providence St. Peter Hospital
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast features a conversation with Gregg VandeKieft, MD, MA, Medical Director for Palliative Care at Providence St. Peter Hospital, a Magnet Ho...
Palliative Care in the Community Setting: Making the Case with UC Davis Medical Center
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Often, palliative care specialists have to double as business specialists. In this episode, we share our conversation with Doctor Christopher Lillis o...
Palliative Care in the Community Setting: The Needs Assessment with Meridian Medical Group
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest Amy Frieman, MD, of Meridian Medical Group discusses how her team is transitioning into providing palliative care in the community setting.
Taking a Team to the Next Level with Boston Medical Center
20 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, our guest is Sandhya Rao, a physician and the Director of Palliative Care Service at Boston Medical Center. Sandhya was originally re...
Turning a Program Around with Emory Palliative Care Center
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Palliative Care Program Spotlight Series travels to Atlanta, Georgia to learn about the Emory Palliative Care Center at Emory St. Joseph's Hospita...
Expanding Palliative Care Into the Home Setting with Denver Hospice, Optio Health Services
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is Debora Gleason, who is currently the clinical manager for all palliative care programs at Optio Health Services within The Denver H...
Educating the Community on Palliative Care with Trillium Institute
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our palliative care program spotlight series continues with a fascinating chat with John Mulder, MD, FAAHPM, CHMD, the Medical Director of Trillium In...
Utilizing Palliative Care Data with the Motion Picture and Television Fund
24 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The palliative care program spotlight series goes to the stars with a really interesting behind the scenes look at the Motion Picture and Television F...
Managing Program Growth with Flagstaff Medical Center
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We continue the palliative care program spotlight series with a truly educational chat with two members of the Flagstaff Medical Center palliative car...
Team Wellness and Education with Johns Hopkins Medicine
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The palliative care program spotlight series continues with Rab Razzak, Director of Outpatient Palliative Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Simply p...
Building a Palliative Care Program with Elmhurst Hospital
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Palliative Care Program Spotlight podcast series, we'll be learning about a program that has just begun. Our guest is Nurse Pra...
Meeting the Needs of a Growing Population with Hospice Of Northwest Ohio
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the palliative care program spotlight series, we speak with Katie Perkins of Sincera Supportive Care and Symptom Relief—a palliat...
Building Community Partnerships with Senior CommUnity Care
11 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2 of our Program Spotlight Series, we feature Senior CommUnity Care (SCC). SCC is a rural PACE program (Program for All-inclusive Care for ...
Getting Institutional Buy-In with CHI Health Palliative Care
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 1 of our Program Spotlight Series, we feature CHI Health Palliative Care in Omaha, Nebraska. CHI currently provides inpatient consults acro...
The Role of the Palliative Care Social Worker with Huntington Hospital
27 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sue Degnan, a retiring palliative care social worker at Huntington Hospital, reflects on her accomplished 52-year career and discusses how her success...