Summer 2024
Featured
Feature
Communicating Palliative Care’s True Value
Larry Beresford At a time when many palliative care managers are busy trying to find their footing in value based models of managed healthcare delivery for covered populations (see “How Can Hospice and Palliative Care Clinicians Find their Home in...
In this Issue
A Message from the President
AAHPM’S Strategic Plan is Grounded in Our Values
I don’t think it is lost on any of us in hospice and palliative care that health care is undergoing seismic shifts related to workforce, reimbursement, and its very structure. At the urging of our CEO, we chose to engage...
Pathways to Palliative Care
Melanie Bien: “Street Medicine is Palliative Care”
Joy C. Liu, MD MPH At the entrance to the hotel lobby, three security guards ushered visitors through an airport metal detector before a check-in table. Melanie Bien took out a badge identifying her as a social worker with the...
DEI LAB
Meet the 2023-2025 AAHPM Next-Gen Scholars
The AAHPM Next Gen Scholars for Equity in Hospice and Palliative Medicine program sponsors residents from underrepresented communities who are interested in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM). Data suggest that a lack of culturally effective HPM services in marginalized communities may contribute to disparities.
Quarterly Progress Report
AAHPM Points of Progress
Expand and Enhance Engagement AAHPM membership is holding steady, with a 1% increase in physician, emeritus, and complimentary membership compared to February. The best-selling AAHPM products in Q1 were the Essentials book set followed by the newly released HPM PASS...
AAHPM Partner Updates
HMDCB Update
Board of Directors Announcement HMDCB is excited to announce our 2024-2025Board of Directors:PresidentTodd Cote, MD HMDC FAAFP FAAHPMPast PresidentDavid Wensel, DO HMDC FAAHPMSecretary/TreasurerBernice Burkarth, MD HMDC FAAHPMMember at LargeThomas Caprio, MD MPH MS HMDCMember at LargeLisa Hobbs Ellis, MD HMDC...
AAHPM News
AAHPM News
Donor Spotlight: Donna Zhukovsky, MD FACP FAAHPM My passion for this profession and my firm belief in its transformative power is what keeps me giving to AAHPM every year. Reflecting on a poignant moment that reinforced my commitment to giving,...
Artist in Residence
Artist in Residence
Cory Ingram, MD Katie Mechler, MD AffiliationMayo Clinic Years in Hospiceand Palliative Medicine15 AAHPM ActivitiesAAHPM QuarterlyEditor in Chief MediumPhotography Artist Q & A How did you get started with your art, and describe if it has changed over your hospice...