A Strategic Path Forward for Hospice & Palliative Care: Ira Byock, Kristi Newport, Brynn Bowman
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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast
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What is the purpose of Ira Byock’s new white paper on hospice and palliative care?
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Welcome to the JerryPal Podcast. This is Eric Wadera. This is Alex Smith. And Alex, we got a lot to talk about today. We're going to be talking about, oh, the a white paper that one of our guests wrote on a strategic path forward for hospice and palliative care, potential future for the field. Who do we have on to talk about this paper with us?
And the author of that paper is with us. That's Ira Bayak, who's a returning guest at JerryPal. Ira is a palliative care doc. He's the author. He's one of the founders and past presidents of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. And he's joining us from Missoula, Montana. Ira, welcome back to the JerryPal podcast.
Thanks so very much. Thanks for doing this. It's a pleasure to be with you.
And we're delighted to welcome Christy Newport, who is a palliative care doc and chief medical officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and also Chief of Palliative Care at Penn State Health. Christy, welcome to Jerry PAL.
So happy to be here.
And we're delighted to welcome Bryn Bowman, who is Chief Executive Officer at the Center to Advanced Palliative Care. Bryn, welcome to the JerryPal Podcast.
What a privilege and a pleasure to
be hanging out with you guys. So we got a lot to talk about, kind of where we are with hospice and palliative care, where do we see things going? But before we do. Christy, do you have a song
request for Alex? Of course I do. And I I picked the song We Can Do Hard Things. This is uh in my rotation of music that I listen to when I'm leaving a really difficult day that I just belt out in the car. But um, I think specifically for this podcast, you know, I was reflecting on the fact that today's leaders were trained by people like Ira, who were trailblazers and disruptors. Um, and in my 17 years of practice and in my 10 months in the role of CMO for H. PM, I've learned that the folks who are leading the field now are just as passionate and they're just as willing to do hard things and they're doing hard things every day. So I think the song exemplifies my confidence that um we are gonna continue to work together to do the hard things to ensure good, good quality, evidence based, uh serious illness care for our country.
Great choice. I love this message. Here's a little bit.
I walked through fire, I came out the other side. I chased desire I made sure I got what's mine. And I continue to believe. That I'm the one for me because I my our plan. We're adventurers and heartbreaks our map. A final destination we lack. We stop asking directions. To places they've never been, and to be loved we need to be known to finally find our way back home and through the joy and pain that our lives bring. We can
do hard things. That's wonderful. Christy, who sings that?
Just melting. A young singer, songwriter.
Oh, that's wonderful. Thank you. Okay, uh, let's gonna we got a lot to cover in our time together. I'm gonna turn to Ira first. Ira, we heard that you were a founding member of AHPM, you were a a board member, you're a past president, you've created amazing things in palliative care. Why did you decide to write a white paper about hospital? Hospice and powder medicine. And a particularly a strategic path forward. And talking about maybe some of the problems that we're having. Why this paper and why now?
You know, th this is, like everything else I've written, I think, somewhat therapeutic for myself. I'm take um this is about self-care. I'm well into my fifth decade in this field.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of Ira Byock’s new white paper on hospice and palliative care?
0:00–7:14
2
Why did Ira decide to write the white paper now and what problems does it highlight?
7:14–14:07
3
How do the panelists describe the current quality gaps in hospice and palliative programs?
14:07–20:51
4
What are the proposed clinical and programmatic standards to improve care?
20:51–26:33
5
How can transparent data and quality‑based competition drive better outcomes?
26:33–33:32
6
What role does equity and workforce development play in the strategic path forward?
33:32–40:43
7
If you had a magic wand, what single change would you make to transform hospice and palliative care?
40:43–47:38
8
How can listeners get involved and support the initiatives discussed today?
47:38–53:03
Speakers
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