Forum 2013 “Journey: Mapping Our Past, Paving New Roads” is an end-of-life clinical conference for the entire IDT team. This year we are taking a look at what the future holds for hospice and end-of-life care, as well as reviewing what the industry has been through these past 40 years.
Session Topics Being Offered:
The American Hospice Journey: Mapping Our Past, Paving New Roads
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Leedy, MD, FAAHPM
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Tidewell Hospice
Sex, Drugs, and Rocking Chairs
Speaker: Tanya Stewart, MD, FAAHPM
Medical Director for Ever Care Oregon
Preventing Rehospitalizations
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Leedy, MD, FAAHPM
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Tidewell Hospice
Do Vets Die Differently?
Speaker: Charles Antoni, ACHP-SW
Palliative Care Coordinator, Veterans Administration
Empowered Decision Making
Speaker: Viki Kind, MA
Clinical Bioethicist, Kind Ethics
The Evolution of Cancer Pain Management
Speaker: Judy Paice, PhD, RN
Director of Cancer Pain Program, Northwestern University
Delirium or Agitation – Which One?
Speaker: Gary Miller, MD, FAAFM, FAAHPM
Senior Medical Director, VITAS Innovative Healthcare
Transforming Spiritual Pain
Speaker: Richard Groves, MA
Founding Director, Sacred Art of Living Center
Document to Eligibility Guidelines – How to Draw the Map
Speaker: Gary Miller, MD, FAAFM, FAAHPM
Senior Medical Director, VITAS Innovative Healthcare
Grief & the White House Families
Speaker: Rev. Harold Ivan Smith, DMin, FT
Thanatologist, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Palliative Wound Care – Part 1 & Part 2
Speaker: Aletha Tippett, MD
Owner, Physician, Aletha W. Tippett, MD
Regulations and Outcome Measures for the IDT
Speaker: Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC
Director of Regulatory & Compliance, NHPCO
Sacred Art of Living and Dying
Speaker: Richard Groves, MA
Founding Director, Sacred Art of Living Center
More sessions still to come!
Print session topic list HERE