Skip to main content

Integrating the Patient and Family Caregiver Voice into Care for Serious Illness: A Workshop

Completed

On December 15, 2016, the Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness hosted a public workshop examining the challenges and opportunities associated with identifying and integrating the voice of seriously ill patients of all ages and their caregivers into person-centered care throughout the continuum of care.

Description

An ad hoc committee will plan, organize, and host a one-day public workshop to examine issues pertaining to integrating the voice of patient and family caregivers into the delivery of care for people of all ages with serious illness.
The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that may include:
• Examination of the current challenges and needs related to integrating the patient and caregiver voice into serious illness care
• Shared decision-making in the context of serious illness care
• Ways to enhance patient knowledge and understanding of treatment options
• Ways to facilitate and support engagement of the patient and family caregivers in the
decisions regarding serious illness care
• Evidence gaps and challenges that may impede the integration of patient and family preferences into serious illness care, and opportunities to address them
• Disparities in care related to social determinants of health including factors such as age, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geography
• Unique needs of pediatric patients and families
The planning committee will develop the agenda for the workshop, select speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Collaborators

Sponsors

Aetna (different from the Aetna Foundation)

Altarum Institute

American Academy Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine

American Cancer Society

American Geriatrics Society

Anthem

Ascension Health

Association of Professional Chaplains

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Bristol Myers Squibb

California state university institute for palliative care

Cambia Health Solutions

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Center to Advance Palliative Care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Coalition to Transform Advanced Care

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

Federation of American Hospitals

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

Kaiser Permanente

National Academy of Medicine

National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

National Palliative Care Research Center

National Patient Advocate Foundation

National Quality Forum

New York Academy of Medicine

Oncology Nursing Society

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network

Supportive Care Coalition

Susan G. Komen

The Greenwall Foundation

The John A. Hartford Foundation

Staff

Laurene Graig

Lead

Subscribe to Email from the National Academies
Keep up with all of the activities, publications, and events by subscribing to free updates by email.