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If you are a reporter, please also email your request to Senior Director, Marketing and Membership, Emily Muse, at [email protected]. Please be sure to include details about your request and your deadline in your message.

For general inquiries or if you would like to learn more about the specialty of hospice and palliative care, please contact AAHPM Member Services at [email protected].

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The Role for AI in Hospice and Palliative Care

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a new and ubiquitous technology sometimes described in terms of computers programmed to think and act like humans or simulate intelligent behavior. Since the November 30, 2022, launch of ChatGPT, a conversational AI program by OpenAI, it has spread rapidly while generating controversy and questions. For instance, what has been—and what will be—its impact on hospice and palliative medicine, perhaps the ultimate person-centered branch of health care?

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How Do We Encourage and Advance the Quality of Hospice Care in America?

While the majority of hospice agencies work hard to provide good care, stories about those that fail to live up to their ethical or legal obligations have appeared in prominent journalistic settings in recent years. But if we dig deeper into quality, we see lots of questions about what quality hospice care really means. What kinds of messages should hospices be delivering to their various publics about quality and about choosing the provider that will meet their particular needs?