“Population Health Management – Palliative Care: Managing Serious ILL Populations To Achieve Triple Aim”

Palliative Care is an interdisciplinary medical specialty that focuses on preventing and relieving suffering and on supporting the best possible quality of life for patients and their families facing serious illness.

This program will provide rationale for palliative care and overview of palliative care services. It will also provide an update on current and proposed models of palliative care delivery.

Panelist SMEs
Greg Wahlstrom, MBA, HCM, President & CEO, The Healthcare Executive
Dr. Mandeep Mangat, MD, MPH, LBSS, Sr. Administrator Population Health Management & Clinical Integration, BAYADA Home Health Care
Dr. Vicky Parikh, MD, MPH, Executive Director Population Health, MedStar Shah Medical Group
Lori Dove, MSN, MHA, RN, Senior Vice President, Southeastern Regional Medical Center

With this 90-minute webinar program followed by Q&A experts will explore:
– Provide a rationale for palliative care and describe its role in the continuum of care for seriously ill patients
– The differences between palliative and hospice care
– The core components of palliative care
– Provide an understanding of palliative care services (Goals of care, psychosocial support, coordination of care)
– Identification of patients appropriate for palliative care
– Describe the role of effective public engagement to improve palliative care for serious illness management
– The role of palliative care in care transitions and reducing readmission
– Current and proposed models of palliative care (hospital based palliative care, non-hospital based palliative care services, hospice mode of palliative care)