6:30 am–7 pm 

Registration

8 am–5 pm 

Hospice Medical Director Update and Exam Prep (P01)
Crossno, Faulkner, Martin, Talebreza

Addressing Goals of Care - VitalTalk: Intensive Small Group Training (P02)
Arnold, Back, Tulsky

HPM Fellowship Directors Program: Building a Community of Educators (P04)
Thomas, Back, Bates Cain, Gustin, Jackson, Jacobsen, Landzaat, Levine, Neri, Periyakoil

8 am–5:30 pm

Palliative Nursing Leadership Intensive (P05)
Dahlin, Tanner

The Shifting Sands of Palliative Care: Maximizing Clinical, Economic, and Humanistic Outcomes Across the Continuum of Care (P06)
McPherson, Meier, Kuntz, Campbell, Kearney, Vanston, Malotte, Walker, Natarajan, Twaddle, Reifsnyder, Harrold, Mendoza

ACHPN Certification Review: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (P07)

CHPN Certification Review: Registered Nurse (P08)

8 - 11:45 am

Getting to the Heart of the Matter - An Overview of Advances in Cardiac Palliative Care (P09)
Swetz, Dave, Dunlay, McIlvennan, Wordingham, Davidson, Fahlberg, Karlekar

Priming the System for Primary Palliative Care: More, Better, and Earlier Conversations with Seriously Ill Patients (P10)
Sanders, Lakin, Bernacki, Arnold, Paladino

Palliative Care and the Art of Poem Making: A Pathway to Deepen Dialogue with Ourselves, Our Patients, Our Colleagues (P11)
Keyssar, Rabow, Block

Beyond Resilience: Cultivating Compassion and Gratitude (P12)
Epstein

Now in 3D: Managing Geriatric Delirium, Dementia, and Dementia Related Behavioral Disturbances (P13)
Weckmann, Talebreza
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine & American Geriatric Society Collaborative workshop

AAHPM Leadership Forum: Ignite - Utilizing DISC Behavioral Styles to Increase Leadership and Team Effectiveness in Palliative Care and Hospice Settings (P14)
Bouchard

1:15 - 5 pm

How to Create Actor-Based Simulations that Provide Deliberate Practice with Feedback (P15)
Bond, Sawicki, Fehr, Funk, Jennetten

Oncologist in My Pocket: What the Hospice & Palliative Provider Needs to Know about Hematology/Oncology (P16)
Newport, Bobb, LeBlanc, Sivendran

Opioid Pharmacology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (P17)
Davis

'The Doctor Is In: Part 2': Challenging Topics at the Intersection of Pediatric Palliative Care and Psychiatry (P18)
Hwang, Battista, Jacobowski, Mosher, Muriel, Long

Unconscious Bias: Improving Palliative Care Practice, Team, and Self (P19)
Hunt, Quest

AAHPM Leadership Forum: Ignite - Using StrengthsFinder Leadership Strategies to Increase the Performance of You and Your Team in Palliative Care and Hospice Settings (P20)
Rowe

4:30–5:30 pm

AAHPM New Member and First-Timer Reception

AAHPM Physicians-in-Training Reception

5:30-7:30 pm

Opening Reception with Exhibits and Posters

7:30-8:30 pm

Plenary (101)
The Rhythm of Teamwork
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6:30 am-5:30 pm

Registration

7-7:30 am

Mindfulness Meditation

7-7:45 am

Continental Breakfast

7-8 am

How to Address Clinical and Regulatory Issues for Eligible Hospice Patients Living Past Their Expected Prognosis (TH300)
Cote, Whisman, Smither, Friedman, Gaffney

Evidence-Based Interventions for Treating Dyspnea in Advanced Disease and at the End of Life: A Report from the HPNA Dyspnea Task Force (TH301)
Campbell, Reinke, Donesky, Thorpe, Fahlberg, Walsh

'Mr. Smith Killed Himself Last Night': The Scope of Suicidality in Hospice Care (TH302)
Meier, Irwin, Deslauriers, Ortolano

Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) in Children: Present and Future Considerations for Pediatric Heart Failure and Palliative Care Team Collaboration (TH303)
Parikh, Santucci, Kaufman

The Dreaded Dialysis Discussion: What the Evidence Shows and How to Effectively Facilitate the Conversation (TH304)
Ansari, Levine, Fosler

Building Payer-Provider Partnerships for Innovative Palliative Care Models (TH305)
Dave, Bharadwaj, Gualtieri-Reed, Lustbader, Smith

Proactively Managing Our Own Transitions (TH306)
Quill, Wellman, Twaddle

Paper Sessions (TH307)

Prioritizing Outcomes for Advance Care Planning Research: Consensus from a Multidisciplinary, International Delphi Panel (TH307A)
Sudore

A Patient-Facing Advance Care Planning (ACP) Website Called PREPARE Increases ACP Documentation and Engagement in a Randomized Trial of Diverse Older Primary Care at a VA Medical Center (TH307B)
Sudore

Measuring Advance Care Planning: Optimizing the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey (TH307C)
Sudore

Using a Video-based Advance Care Planning (ACP) Website to Facilitate Group Visits for Diverse Older Adults in Primary Care is Feasible and Improves ACP Engagement (TH307D)
Zapata

Measuring What Matters Forum: Making Your Quality Efforts Matter When You Don't Make the Rules! (TH308)
Rotella, Lindley, Kamal

8:15-10 am

Plenary Session (102)
Only Connect: The Essential Commingling of Care and Story in Hospice
Theresa Brown

10 am-3 pm

Exhibits and Posters in Exhibit Hall

10:45-11:45 am

Building a Palliative Care Program in Primary Care for the Underserved: Challenges and Preliminary Outcomes (TH310)
Smith, Nolan, Ramirez-Urquiola, Blaise

'They Can't Do That?': The Role of Court-Appointed Guardians in End-of-Life Decision Making (TH311)
Dietzen, Bryson, DePergola II, Stoll

Where Payers and Providers Overlap: Navigating the Edge (TH312)
Silvers, Fields, Gosline, Meier

Emerging Triggers for Palliative Care Consultation in Surgery: Interdisciplinary Strategies to Identify and Meet Palliative Care Needs in the Elective and Inpatient Settings (TH313)
Berlin,Johanning, Bockman, Lavedan, Walther, Boardingham

The Language of Illness: The Art of Telling, Listening, and Self-Care Through Narrative Medicine (TH314)
San Julian Mark, K. Todd, D. Todd

High Flow Oxygen for Palliation of Dyspnea: A State-of-the-Science Update (TH315)
Hui, Jackson, Jr.

Clinical and Ethical Issues in Terminal Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Severe Neurological Impairment (TH316)
Mullin, Macauley

The Bridge Between Life and Death: Attempted Suicide at the End of Life (TH317)
Darrah, Goldberg, McVay

Deprescribing - the Who, What, When, Why, and How (TH318)
Pruskowski, McPherson, Holmes

'I Heard Something from Another Veteran': How to Use Group Visits to Engage Patients in Advance Care Planning (TH319)
Lum, Garner, Antoni

Paper Sessions (TH320-321)

A Provider-Based Quality Improvement Intervention Aimed at Increasing Appropriateness of Radiation Therapy Regimens for Patients with Advanced Cancer and Painful Bone (TH320A)
Walling

The Impact of Social Work Encounters on Risk of ICU Admission, ICU Death, and CPR Among Hospitalized Patients with Cancer at End of Life (TH320B)
Chik

Factors Predicting Red Blood Cell Transfusions at the End of Life in Cancer Patients(TH320C)
Meadows

Depression and Health Care Utilization at End-Of-Life Among Older Adults with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (TH320D)
McDermott

Grieving or Getting Stuck: When LVAD Does Not Progress to Heart Transplantation (TH321A)
Morrison

What's in the “Black Box”?: Describing the Focus of Early, Outpatient Palliative Care Consultation Evaluations and Treatment Recommendations for Individuals with Advanced Heart Failure (TH321B)
Wells

We Work It Out Between Us: Identifying Opportunities to Enhance Heart Failure Self-care in Community-Dwelling Patients and Informal Caregivers (TH321C)
Buck

Primary Results From the Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness in Heart Failure (CASA) Randomized Clinical Trial (TH321D)
Bekelman

Case Session (TH322)

11:45 - 12:45 pm

Comprehensive Pain Management in Palliative Care: Relieving the Burden of Opioid-Induced Constipation
Provided by Integritas Communications and AstraZeneca - pre-registration is required.

11:45 am-12:45 pm

AAHPM Community Meetings
Advanced Lung Disease Forum
Rehabilitation Forum
Social Work Forum
Surgical and Perioperative Forum
Emergency Medicine Forum
Psychosocial Forum

HPNA Community Meetings
Certification SIG
APN SIG

11:45 am-1:15 pm

Educational Symposium - Comprehensive Pain Management in Palliative Care: Relieving the Burden of Opioid-Induced Constipation
Provided by Global Education Group and Integritas Communications through an educational grant from AstraZeneca.
Lunch is provided by the supporter for up to 240 attendees. Register now.

All attendees - Lunch on your own

Noon-1:15 pm

HPCC Certification Luncheon

1:30-2:30 pm

The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries - Part One (TH330)

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) as a Resource to Improve the Science of Palliative Care
Kutner, Harrison, Ritchie, Ferrell, Furuno, LeBlanc, Pollak

After the Conversation: Designing an Electronic Health Record for Dynamic Advance Care Planning (TH332)
Yeh, Shulman, Hester, Bernacki

Designing a Staffing Model to Support Productivity and Flexibility Among Billable Providers (TH333)
Heintz, Spragens, Wheeler

When the Apple Falls Far From the Tree: A Systematic Approach to Providing Quality Care for Patients at High Risk for Opioid Dependence (TH334)
Jain, Bagwell, O'Mahony

Courageous Conversations: Using Interactive Games to Discuss Goals of Care and Advance Care Planning with Adolescents and their Families (TH335)
October, Wiener

'I Understand There's a New Law...': Responding to Patient Inquiries About Physician-Assisted Dying (TH336)
VandeKeift, Widera, Periyakoil, Hess

How Do We Chart a New Course for a System in Crisis? A Multicenter, Regional Collaborative to Improve Supportive Oncology Care (TH337)
Deamant, Lo, Scheu, Gerhart, Labuschagne

Geriatric Palliative Care: From Bench to Bedside and Back in 2017 (TH338)
Messinger-Rapport, Ersek, Unroe

I Know It's Early but Can I Get a Refill on My Pain Medicines?: How to Identify and Manage Chemical Coping in the Cancer Patient (TH339)
Prommer, Hui, Del Fabbro, Dev

Paper Sessions (TH340-341)

Outcomes of an Actor-Based Simulation Course for Advance Care Planning Facilitators, (TH340A)
Bond

Palliative Care Knowledge and Attitudes of Multi-Disciplinary Health Profession Trainees (TH340B)
Boucher

Critical Conversations in Gynecologic Oncology: Communication Skills Training for Fellows and Advanced Practice Providers in a Primarily Surgical Specialty (TH340C)
Podgurski

POLST: House Staff Knowledge and Attitudes (TH340D)
Downey

Expanding Access to Community-Based Palliative Care: A Palliative Care in Home Health (PCHH) Model (TH341A)
Bookbinder

Screening Patients for Early Palliative Care: Can Serious Illness Diagnoses Identify Patients Likely to Benefit From Palliative Care? (TH341B)
Bischoff

Palliative Care Office Hours: An Innovative Model for Care Delivery and Education, (TH341C)
Foxwell

Evaluation of Emergency Department Management of Opioid-Tolerant Cancer Patients with Acute Pain (TH341D)
Patel

Extremis: An Insider's Glimpse into the ICU (TH342)
Zitter

3-4 pm

Public Policy Forum: Advancing Palliative Care in Alternative Payment Models: Surviving and Thriving Under MACRA (TH350)
Rodgers, Miller

Diversity & Inclusion Forum: Conversations that Matter: Creating a Culture of Inclusivity and Candor (TH352)
Pettitt

Book Club Discussion (TH353)
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care (TH354)
Inaugural Ness Coyle Palliative Nursing Leadership Lecture
Ferrell

Presentations of the PDIA Awards (TH355)

4:30-5:30 pm

Adding Your Voice: Vetting the Curricular Milestones for HPM Physicians in Training (TH360)
Barrnett, Buckholz, Gustin, Hwang, Landzaat, Levine, Morrison, Okon, Radwany, Yang

Palliative Care and Population Health Management: Key Steps on the Path to Integration (TH361)
Kutner, Ritchie, Reidy, Haynes

Is This Patient GIP Eligible? Improving your Hospice's Compliance and Documentation for General Inpatient and Continuous Care (TH362)
Meier, Prommer, Talebreza

Seizing the Opportunity: Overcoming Barriers to the Use of Transmucosal Midazolam in Hospice Patients (TH363)
Perna, Rhinewalt, Currie

Interprofessional Education in Palliative Care: A Report from the Trenches (TH364)
Head, Breakwell, Donesky

There's No Place Like Home: Creating a Successful Model for Community-Based Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care (TH365)
Gillmor, Patel, Thompson

The Birds and the Bees Do It, So Why Can't We Talk About It? Intimacy and Sexuality in Serious Illness and at the End of Life (TH366)
Shaw, Fronk, Hui, Schroeder, Kenemuth, Lorenz, Bober

EOL Clinician at Work, EOL Caregiver at Home. HELP is on the Way! The Dual-Role Caregiver Vulnerability Paradigm (TH367)
Mazzarino-Willett, Leveston

Reaching Out to Those Who Can't Reach Us: A Pilot Project Incorporating Palliative Telemedicine in Home Health Practice (TH368)
Peachey, Triplett, Karlekar

Community-Based Participatory Research: How to Use This Proven Method in Reducing Heath Disparities in Palliative Care (TH369)
Elk, Bakitas

Paper Sessions (TH370-371)

Interactions Between Hospice Clinicians and Adolescents with a Parent Enrolled in Hospice Care (TH370A)
Mayo

Weighing Distress and Benefit: Understanding the Research Participation Experiences of Bereaved Parents of Children with Medical Complexity (TH370B)
Decourcey

Difficult Conversations: Telling Adolescents About a Parent's Life Limiting Illness and Death (TH370C)
Sheehan

The Benefits and Burdens of Cancer: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study of Adolescents and Young Adults (TH370D)
Rosenberg

Medication Changes on Discharge from Acute Care to Hospice (TH371A)
Furuno

Characteristics of Patients Who Elect Full Resuscitation Status During Enrollment in the Medicare Hospice Benefit In Two Large Nonprofit Hospices: A Retrospective Review (TH371B)
Ankuda

Hospice Visit Intensity by Physicians and Nurse Practitioners on the General Inpatient Level of Care, (TH371C)
Christian

Discharge Patterns in Medicare Advantage vs. Fee for Service Hospice Patients (TH371D)
Teno

Case Session (TH372)

5-7 pm

Exhibits, Job Fair, and Posters in Exhibit Hall

5:45-6:45pm

HPNA Chapter Meeting

5:45-7:15 pm

AAHPM SIG Meetings
Geriatrics/Long-Term Care SIG
Pediatrics SIG
Cancer SIG
Integrative Medicine SIG
Heart Failure SIG
Education SIG
Humanities and Spirituality SIG
Substance Abuse and Diversion (SIG)

HPNA SIG Meetings
Bioethics SIG
Chapters SIG

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7 am-5 pm

Registration

7-8 am

Walking Across the Bridge to Nowhere: The Role of Palliative Care in the Support of Patients on ECMO (FR400)
Klinedinst, O'Connor, Farabelli

Advance Care Planning Billing Codes: Benefits and Barriers for Palliative Care Teams (FR401)
Rodgers

More than Just a Doc in the Box: Novel Palliative Care Delivery Mechanisms in an Increasingly Electronic World (FR403)
Daubman, Rosenberg, Kamdar

Policy Opportunity: Putting Palliative Care on the Agendas of the New Administration and Congress (FR403)
Grant, Meier

When Fragility Translates to Empowerment: Integrating/Embedding Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unity (FR404)
Rowland, Vaughn, Perna III

'Be Prepared' - Clinical Applications and Practical Guidance in Developing Culturally Appropriate Advance Care Planning Tools for American Indian and Alaska Native People (FR405)
Piromalli, Marr, Johnson, Kelley

8-9 am

Coffee Service with Exhibits and Posters

8-11 am

Exhibits and Posters

8:15-10 am

Plenary (103)
Redesigning the End-of-Life Experience
Paul Bennett, CCO IDEO
BJ Miller, MD, Zen Hospice Project

10:45-11:45 am

PC-FACS: Year in Review (FR410)
Zhukovsky, Davis

It's not Alzheimer's...Now What Do We Do? A Discussion on the Course and Prognosis of Non-Alzheimer's Dementias (TH411)
Pinto, Stark, Ceide

Why is No One Talking About This? Addressing Intimacy and Sexual Concerns in Patients with Serious Illness (FR412)
Holder, Kelemen, Sadeghi

Hospices as Providers of Community-Based Palliative Care: Exploring the Ins and Outs (FR413)
Twohig, Twaddle, West, Hooper

Integration of Fur, Paws, Whiskers, and Hooves into Your Agency - Enhancing Patients' Lives Through Pet Therapy (FR414)
Roseman

Poetry for Patients: Learning to Read Poetry with Your Colleagues, Patients, and Families. A Collaborative Workshop with the Poetry Foundation (FR415)
Segar, Hauser, Litwin, You

The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Medical Marijuana in Pediatric Palliative Care (FR416)
Winegard, Miller, Shaw, Troester

The Professional Working Group - How to Create and Use a Process Group to Build Community, Prevent Burnout, and Make Work-Life Sustainable (FR417)
Chen, Jacobsen, Jones, Lewin, DeLima Thomas, Tuggey

The Unintended Consequences of Quality Metrics (FR418)
Toevs, Taylor, Mueller, Kamal

Paper Sessions (FR419-420)

 

Characterization of Deaths Within A Free-Standing Children's Hospital: Where Can Palliative Care Focus Their Efforts? (FR419B)
Trowbridge

Pediatric Cardiologist Attitudes about Palliative Care (FR419C)
Balkin

Lasting Legacy: Maternal Perspectives on Perinatal Palliative Care (FR419D)
Kamrath

The Discussion to Ensure the Patient-Centered, Health-Focused, Prognosis-Appropriate, and Rational Medication Regimen (DE-PHARM) Quality Improvement Project- Rational De-prescribing in Residents with Life-Limiting Illness (FR420A)
Pruskowski

Ten Year Review of Intravenous Ketamine in the Treatment of Cancer-Related Pain (FR420B)
Goldberg

Pilot Study of Minocycline for the Prevention of Paclitaxel-Associated Neuropathy: ACCRU RU221408I (FR420C)
Pachman

Evaluation of QTc Interval Prolongation Among Cancer Patients Using Oral Methadone (FR420D)
Lovell

 

Case Sessions (FR421-422)

11:45 am-1:30 pm

Lunch on your own

12:15-1:15 pm

AAHPM Business Meeting

HPNA Membership Meeting

1:30-2:30 pm

The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries - Part Two (FR430)

Using the POLST Paradigm to Honor Patient Wishes Across the Care Continuum: Presenting a Comprehensive Toolkit Designed to Help Healthcare Professionals and Facilities Implement the POLST Paradigm (FR431)
Vandenbroucke, Bomba, Borgenicht

Joining Forces with Geriatrics: Palliative Care Initiatives in the HRSA Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, Collaborating to Lead Change (FR432)
Brennan, Fulton, Talebreza, Thomas-Rodriguez

Building Our Future by Mentoring One Another (FR433)
Zhukovsky, Bruera, Meier, Rodin

Who Let the Dogs IN: Helping Our Four-Legged Friends Visit at the Bedside (FR434)
Tucker, Nichols, Tatum III, Byrd

Caring for our Tiniest Patients: Taking the Latest Research in Perinatal Palliative Care to Practical Clinical Applications (FR435)
Denney-Koelsch, Wool

Planning Advance Care Together: Implementing Advance Care Planning Practices Across an Academic Medical Center (FR436)
Fromme, Izumi, Diveronica, Distefano

The Future is Now: Overcoming Billing and Other Financial Challenges in Inpatients and Outpatient Palliative Care (FR437)
Jones, Kamal, Acevedo, Bull

I Can't Stop the Dancing: Management of Restless Leg Syndrome in Hospice Care (FR438)
Meier, McPherson, Prommer, Besbris

Compassion, Resiliency, and Hope: Nurturing Our Innate Qualities Through Contemplative Practices (FR439)
Marchand, Dieter

Paper Sessions (FR440-441)

 

Is Symptom Burden Associated with Advanced Care Planning in Individuals Who Die of Cardiovascular Disease? (FR440A)
Goebel

Association of POST Form Use with Quality End-Of-Life Care Metrics in Cancer Patients: Update From the West Virginia Registry (FR440B)
Pedraza

Implementation and Impact of Lay Navigator-Led Advance Care Planning for Cancer Patients (FR440C)
Rocque

Our Life Is A Story And We All Want A Good Ending To The Story: Navigators On Advance Care Planning Conversations In Older Patients With Cancer (FR440D)
Kvale

Interprofessional Teamwork When Meeting with A Family in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (FR441A)
Walter

Patients Preference Regarding Family Participation in Decision Making: A Multicenter International Study (FR441B)
Yennurajalingam

Barriers And Facilitators To The Conduct Of Timely Interdisciplinary Family Meetings In The ICU: Perspectives From A Diverse Sample Of ICU Clinicians (FR441C)
Seaman

Psychometric Properties Of The Comfort With Communication In Palliative And End-Of-Life Care
(C-COPE) Instrument (FR441D)
Isaacson, Da Rosa

Case Sessions (FR442)

2:30-3 pm

Refreshment Break

3-4 pm

Primary Palliative Care Education: A Case Study in Needs Assessment and Curricular Development (FR450)
Carroll, Hogan, Quill

'Is This Patient Appropriate for Hospice?' Lively Perspectives from the Hospice Liaison, Medical Director, and Executive Vice President (FR451)
Savinese, Feinman, McIver

Three Stones, One Bird - Palliative Care Models in Population Health Management Systems (FR452)
Lakin, Arnold, Bernacki, Cunningham, Gallagher, Quigley, Lamey, Rangarajan

Creating a Village and Supporting Culture Change: Facilitating Advance Care Planning by Teaching Everyone How to Have an 'Introductory Conversation' (FR453)
Wood, Szmuilowicz, Clepp

Together We Can Go Farther: Using Palliative Care Registries and Collaboratives to Drive Quality Improvement (FR454)
Ast, Ritchie, Pantilat, Bischoff, Kamal, Dumanovsky, Rogers

Truth-Telling in Pediatric Palliative Care: Challenges and Opportunities (FR455)
Hills, Marks, Vercler

The Depressive Spectrum (FR456)
Zahradnik, Krishnasamy, Smith

The Emerging Business Case for Community-Based Palliative Care (FR457)
Cassel, Kerr

The Intersection of Research and Clinical Practice: The Art and Science of Reading a Paper (FR458)
Zhukovsky, Hui, Elk

Caring for Patients Whose Decision Makers Have Questionable Capacity: Ethical and Clinical Concerns (FR459)
Berger, Frader, Sumser

Neither Hastening Nor Prolonging Death: Hospice in a State with Legalized Physician-Assisted Death (FR460)
Harrison, Bourne, Campbell, Petrillo, Koehler

Paper Session (FR461)

 

What Is In The Palliative Care Syringe? Key Activities Of An Outpatient Palliative Care Team At An Academic Cancer Center (FR461A)
Bischoff

Designing a Value Based Care Delivery Model for Complex Older Adults Based on Geriatric and Palliative Care Principles (FR461B)
Bharija

Projecting The Impact Of Implementing Palliative Care For Older Adults: What Does The Evidence Support? (FR461C)
Singer

Gaps In The Use Of Palliative Care In US Hospitals (FR461D)
Vaughn

 

Case Session (FR462)

4:30-5:30 pm

Words Matter: Improving the Palliative Care Message (FR470)
Morgan, Meier

The Ever-Evolving Role of the Hospice Medical Director:  Quality, Regulations, Narratives, Relatedness, and the Hospice Formulary - Part 1 of 2 (FR471)
Crook, Lund Person, Harrold

But the Parents Wanted Us to 'Do Everything'" Using Values-Guided Decision Support in Pediatric ICUs (FR472)
Pituch, October, Meert, Giacomazza, Saul, Keefer, Hills

Bridging the Gap Between the Health Delivery Systems, Community Organizations, and Faith-Based Communities in Managing Advanced Illness (FR473)
Carter Perrilliat, Steinmetz

Home-Based Palliative Care: Road to Success in Non-Academic Multispecialty Physician Group (FR474)
Zein, Lim, Masucci

How to Survive as a New Palliative Care Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (FR475)
Tycon, Root, Ersek

New Drugs and Drug News: The 411 and Implications for Palliative Care (FR477)
McPherson

AAHPM Review of the USMLE Step Examinations (FR478)
Arnold, Buckholz, Carey, Klick, Morrison, Rotella, Liao, Levine

Eliciting, Documenting, and Honoring Patients' Goals of Care and Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions: Building Systems to Ensure Success (FR479)
Talebreza, Lowery, Bernacki

Targeted Therapy Jeopardy: An On-Target Update (FR480)
Prommer, Buss, Hui, Kamal

Paper Session (FR481)

 

Natural Language Processing: An Opportunity to Make Chart Data Come Alive in Palliative Care Research (FR481A)
Lindvall

Survival and Disposition of Patients 75 Years or Older Following Mechanical Ventilation of 7 or More Days (FR481B)
Newport

The Self-Care Practices of Family Caregivers of High Mortality Cancer Patients: Differences by Varying Levels of Caregiving Well-Being and Performance (FR481C)
Dionne-Odom

Cancer Stage Makes A Difference: Results From A Pilot RCT Integrating Palliative Care into Breast Cancer Self-Management (FR481D)
Schulman-Green

 

4:30-6 pm

'Life Support': A Play about Palliative Care (FR476)
Leong, Baruch, Marr

Interactive Educational Exchange (FR482)

5:45-7:15 pm

AAHPM SIG Meetings
Pharmacotherapy SIG
LGBT SIG
Early Career Professionals SIG
Physician Assistants SIG
ICU SIG
Program Chiefs SIG
Fellowship Directors SIG

AAHPM & HPNA Research SIG Meetings

6-7pm

Service of Remembrance and Celebration

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6:30-8 am

Continental Breakfast

7 am-3:30 pm

Registration

7-8 am

Cambia Leadership Lecture

8:15-10 am

Plenary Session (104)
The State of the Science: Update in Hospice and Palliative Care
Nick Dionne-Odom, PhD RN ACHPN
Cardinale Smith, MD PhD
Laura Gelfman, MD
Heather Coats, MD

10-10:30 am

Refreshment Break

10:30-11:30 am

Scientific Research Award Winners (SA500)

We're Stuck! Please Help! Palliative Care to 'The Goals of Care' Rescue (SA501)
Stevens, Westley

Love Me 'Tinder': Speed Dating with the Pharmacy Ladies (SA502)
Walker, McPherson

Pay-for-Quality Is Here: Now What? (SA503)
Rodgers, Kamal

The Write Stuff: How to Increase Your Writing Productivity (SA504)
Yeh, Reville

Measuring What Matters for Families and Caregivers: But How? (SA505)
Tucker, Nichols, Ast, Brainard

Resilience, Compassion, and Communication: How The Schwartz Center Rounds Promotes Primary Palliative Care (SA506)
Radwany, Mann, Myerscough, Jencius

State of the Science in Pediatric Palliative Care (SA507)
Hwang, Humphrey, Miller, Ragsdale, Thaxton, Webster, Parente

Paper Session (SA508)

 

Does Expectation Of Death Explain Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Death In The Hospital? (SA508A)
Romo

Apoyo Con Carino: Patient Navigation to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Latinos with Advanced Cancer (SA508B)
Fischer

Apoyo Con Carino: A Qualitative Analysis of Palliative Care Focused Patient Navigator Visits for Latino Patients with Advanced Cancer (SA508C)
Fink

Comparison Of The Risk For Substance Abuse In Heart Failure And Cancer Patient Populations Using The Opioid Risk Tool And Urine Drug Screen (SA508D)
Freeman

 

Case Session (SA509)

11:30 am-1:15 pm

Lunch on your own

Noon-1 pm

Town Hall Session

AAHPM SIG Meetings

Outpatient Palliative Care SIG
Veterans SIG
Senior Clinicians SIG
Safety Net SIG
Ethics SIG
Rural SIG
Osteopathic SIG

HPNA SIG Meetings

Heart Failure SIG
ICU SIG
Public Relations SIG
Geriatrics and LTC SIG
LPN/LVN SIG
Pediatrics SIG
Public Policy/State Ambassador SIG

Noon - 1 pm

Opioids in Hospice and Palliative Care - A Town Hall Discussion with AAHPM, HPNA, and NHPCO (SA510)

1:15-2:15 pm

The Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries - Part Three (SA511)

The Importance of Medical-Legal Partnerships: Helping Children with Life-Limiting Illness with Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation Orders in Schools (SA512)
Giacomazza, Chopp, Pituch

The Ever-Evolving Role of the Hospice Medical Director: Quality, Regulations, Narratives, Relatedness, and the Hospice Formulary - Part 2 of 2 (SA513)
Crook, Lund Person, Harrold

Thinking Big: How You Can Develop a Palliative Care Program at Population Health's Leading Edge (SA514)
Pinderhughes, Jones, Lehn, Kamal

Challenging the Paradigm of "The Lethal Condition": The Case of Trisomy 13 and 18 (SA515)
Nelson, Collura, Madden, Miraglia

See One, Do One, Coach One: How Clinical Coaching Can Help Trainees and Colleagues Just When They Need It with Just What They Need (SA516)
Jacobsen, Lindenberger, Smith

Moral Injury: Invisible Wounds of Combat (SA517)
Franklin, Painter, Cooke, Schluep

Paper Session (SA518)

 

Palliative Care For Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Study Of A Replicable And Financially Viable Model For Organizations Providing Caregiver Support (SA518A)
Hamilton

Who Should Discuss Advance Care Planning? A Survey of Preferences Among Hospitalized Patients with Serious Illness (SA518B)
Faig

Advanced Dementia: The Black and White of Mechanical Ventilation for Pneumonia and Septicemia, (SA518C)
Teno

Predicting A Six Month Prognosis In Patients’ With Alzheimer's Dementia- A Shot in the Dark?, (SA518D)
Wilborn

 

Case Session (SA519)

2:30-3:30 pm

Using QI Methodology to Standardize Education for Families Considering Tracheostomy Placement and Permanent Mechanical Ventilation for Their Children: An Attempt at Full Disclosure (SA520)
Thienprayoon, Doughty, Sawnani, Meyer, Benscoter, Blount, Hart, Herbst

Primary Pediatric Palliative Care - Teaching and Learning from the Bedside to the Community (SA521)
Perko, Lafond

Diverse Models of Home-Based Palliative Care: Key Principles from Four Programs for Impact on Quality and Cost (SA522)
Collins, Meier, Nugent Hooper, Lustbader, Parker, Stevens

Caring for Our Own - How an Employee Health Incentive Plan Can Encourage Advance Care Planning (SA523)
Byock, Gonzales

Hey, Doc, Can We Cut Down on the Pain Pills? Current Status of Opioid Tapering Guidelines and How to Do it (SA525)
Prommer, McPherson, Walker, Davis

Research 101: A Practical Introduction to Understanding, Evaluating, and Applying Palliative Care Research to Your Clinical Practice (SA526)
Kavalieratos, Ornstein, Bakitas, Arnold

Paper Session (SA527)

 

Acute Leukemia Patients' Unmet Needs: Qualitative Findings and Suggested Opportunities for Early Palliative Care (SA527A)
Boucher

Symptom Burden in Patients Initiating Treatment for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (SA527B)
Cantino

Adherence to the American Society of Radiation Oncology Choosing Wisely campaign Recommendations for Treatment of Bone Metastasis: Analysis of Medicare Data at 12 Centers in the Southeast US (SA527C)
Wallace

Palliative Care Involvement Is Associated With Less Intensive End-of-Life Care Characteristics in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Patients (SA527D)
Snaman

 

3:30 pm

Adjourn

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