b'ELITEHEALTH GUIDE| | ELITEHEALTH GUIDE According to palliative care experts with Stanford School of Medicine, 80% of Americans would prefer to die at home, if possible, but 60% of people die in acute care hospitals while 20% die in nursing homesleaving only 20% of the population dying at home.tablished centers for interprofessionalInstitutes of Health to use existing funds6.Hospice quality reporting. CMS. practice, education, and research, whichto expand palliative care research, as well2018. Accessed online: www.cms.is intended to prepare students to collabo- as finance awareness programs to educategov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-rate and share knowledge with other health- the public about hospice and palliative care.Patient-Assessment-Instruments/care professionals in their future careers.According to the National Hospice andHospice-Quality-Reporting/indexCourses and tools are also made available toPalliative Care Organization, the bill also7.Medicare program; FY 2020 hospice educators, clinicians, and students outsideprioritizes consumer education by support- wage index and payment rate update and of Creighton. Further supporting the insti- ing access to relevant and clear informationhospice quality reporting requirements. tutions mission, the school also offers theabout hospice providers, intended to lead2019. Accessed online: www.govinfo.gov/Cudahy Palliative Care Scholarship. 10 to greater transparency and more informedcontent/pkg/FR-2019-08-06/pdf/2019-Fast Fact: A study of family members ofcare decisions.n 16583.pdfpatients who died from cancer found that8.Title XVIIIHealth insurance for only half felt their loved one had receivedREFERENCES the aged and disabled. 2019. Accessed excellent end-of-life care. 11 1.Kamal AH, Wolf SP, Troy J, et al. Policyonline: www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/changes key to promoting sustainabil- title18/1800.htmPALLIATIVE CARE & HOSPICE TRAININGity and growth of the specialty palli- 9.Ursch B. We want to preserve your dig-& EDUCATION ACT PASSED BY HOUSE OFative care workforce. HealthAffairs.nity: creighton charts way in palliative REPRESENTATIVES2019;38(6):910-18. care education. Omaha World-Herald. The U.S. House of Representatives recently2.Kavalieratos D, Corbelli J, Zhang D, et al.2019. Accessed online: www.omaha.passed the Palliative Care and HospiceAssociation between palliative care andcom/sponsored/we-want-to-preserve-Education and Training Act (PCHETA). Thepatient and caregiver outcomes: a sys- your-dignity-creighton-charts-way-in/bill was introduced in January and will nexttematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA.article_2c39664f-2060-5293-b5b8-go to the Senate.2016;316(20):210414. b5344ff5dd0f.htmlPCHETA would establish fellowship pro- 3.Cheng SY, Suh SY, Morita TA. Cross- 10. An alumnus with a passion for palliative grams within new palliative care and hos- cultural study on behaviors when deathcare. Creighton University. 2019. Accessed pice education centers to provide short-term,is approaching in east asian countries.online: https://alumni.creighton.edu/intensive training on palliative care and hos- Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(39):e1573 news/alumnus-passion-palliative-carepice, if enacted. The legislation would also4.Bryant S. Death and dying: how dif- 11. Jha AK. JAMA forum: end-of-life care, create grant programs to support education,ferent cultures view the end. Countrynot end-of-life spending. News@JAMA. workforce development, and retention pro- Navigator. 2019. Accessed online:2018. Accessed online: https://newsat-grams for palliative care and hospice nurseshttps://countrynavigator.com/blog/ jama.jama.com/2018/07/13/jama-forum-and would create grants for teaching hos- cultural-intelligence/death end-of-life-care-not-end-of-life-spendingpitals and graduate medical education pro- 5.Golden L. How cultures around the12. HOPE. CMS. 2019. Accessed online: www.grams to train palliative care physicians ifworld handle death. Owlcation. 2018.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-those programs meet certain requirements.Accessed online: https://owlcation.com/ Patient-Assessment-Instruments/PCHETA would also direct the Nationalsocial-sciences/Death-Across-the-World Hospice-Quality-Reporting/HOPEwww.elitecme.com |2019| ELITEHEALTH GUIDE 21'