HPM TALK

042 - ACHPN Review - The Conclusion: Amanda, Carissa and Steve close out discussing the ACHPN exam. Check out supplemental materials at epionepalliative.com. 

041 ACHPN Prep Part 6 Intervention and Management Part 3 - Amanda, Carissa and Steve finish the Intervention and Management section of the ACHPN exam. Check out supplemental materials at epionepalliative.com!

 040 - ACHPN Prep Part 5 Intervention and Management Part 2 Amanda, Carissa and Steve discuss more pitfalls and pearls to help pass the ACHPN exam. Plus letters from listeners!

039 - ACHPN Prep PART 4 - Intervention and Management Part 1 - Join Dr. Steven Baumrucker, Medical Director of Ballad Health Palliative Medicine Associates and Associate Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, as he speaks with Amanda Stevens, Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Educator for Ballad Health Systems Palliative Medicine Consult Service and Carissa Depew, DNP,  Palliative and Hospice Nurse Practitioner at Ballad Health Hospice in part four of our new ongoing series designed to help APRNs pass the ACHPN exam.

038 - ACHPN PREP - PART 3: Assessment and Data Collection-Part 2 - Join Dr. Steven Baumrucker, Medical Director of Ballad Health Palliative Medicine Associates and Associate Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, as he speaks with Amanda Stevens, Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Educator for Ballad Health Systems Palliative Medicine Consult Service and Carissa Depew, DNP,  Palliative and Hospice Nurse Practitioner at Ballad Health Hospice in part three of our new ongoing series designed to help APRNs pass the ACHPN exam.  Materials mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://epionepalliative.com

037 - ACHPN Prep PART 2 - Assessment and Data Collection - Part 1- Join Dr. Steven Baumrucker, Medical Director of Ballad Health Palliative Medicine Associates and Associate Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, as he speaks with Amanda Stevens, Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Educator for Ballad Health Systems Palliative Medicine Consult Service and Carissa Depew, DNP,  Palliative and Hospice Nurse Practitioner at Ballad Health Hospice in part two of our new ongoing series designed to help APRNs pass the ACHPN exam.

036 - ACHPN PREP - Part 1 Part one of our new ongoing series designed to help APRNs pass the ACHPN exam,

Amanda, Carissa and Steve discuss provider burnout, its recognition, prevention, and treatment. [let us know if you like this more informal format!]

Steve and Amanda discuss the etiology, evaluation and treatment of fatigue

Steve and Amanda discuss the ins and outs of capacity evaluation.

032 - ACHPN Certification Steve and Amanda discuss the process and benefits of ACHPN Certification for Advance Practice Nurses in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Steve and Amanda discuss in-home compassionate extubation and the difficulties inherent in managing nontraditional situations.

Lyberarchelulo: An Interview with a Hospice Chaplain Steve and Amanda discuss the necessarily ecumenical role of the hospice chaplain with musician, farmer and chaplain Andrew Gibbens, MDiv. Check out his music at https://lyberarchelulo.bandcamp.com

Steve and Amanda discuss prognostication with various tools, especially the Palliative Performance Scale

In this episode, the final in the series, RS3PE syndrome is discussed. Diagnosis, differential and treatment.

027 - Don't Miss this Diagnosis #2 Dr Baumrucker discusses Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteopathy a rare but important syndrome palliative medicine caregivers are likely to encounter in their careers, References: Pourmorteza M, Baumrucker SJ, Al-Sheyyab A, Da Silva MA. Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy: A Rare But Treatable Condition in Palliative Medicine. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Aug;50(2):263-7. Albrecht S, Keller A. Postchemotherapeutic reversibility of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in a patient with bronchogenic adenocarcinoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2003;28(6):463-466. Johnson SA, Spiller PA, Faull CM. Treatment of resistant pain in hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy with subcutaneous octreotide. Thorax. 1997;52(3):298-299. Ooi A, Saad RA, Moorjani N, Amer KM. Effective symptomatic relief of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy by video-assisted thoracic surgery truncal vagotomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007;83(2):684-685.

Dr. Steven Baumrucker and Amy Vandenbrouke, JD, Director of National POLST, discuss Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and the push for a national standard.

025 - Bowel Management Dr Linda Tavel National Medical Director, Hospice Division, Accent Care discusses bowel assessment and management

Dr. Steven Baumrucker discusses an unusual case that stretched the envelope when it comes to the role of the palliative medicine consultant.

Drs Burkarth and Baumrucker discuss the ins and outs of publishing your research, case studies, literature reviews and even poetry in this month's episode. Check out the companion article: The 4-Step Guide That Will Get Your Research Published

Join Dr. Steven Baumrucker, Medical Director of Ballad Health Palliative Medicine Associates and Associate Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, as he speaks with Debbie Voyles, Corporate Director of Virtual Health for Ballad Health System about telemedicine in the age of COVID-19.

Dr. Baumrucker discusses an innovative program for virtual visitation during the coronavirus lockdown with Jordan Harrington, from Ballad Health system.

Dr Baumrucker discusses hospice medical director certification with Dr Tommie Farrell from the HMDCB.

Join Dr. Steve Baumrucker as he reviews the literature and solutions to chronic hiccoughs. Be sure to listen in – there may be something to that “spoon full of sugar”!

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the Aid to Capacity Evaluation instrument, capacity evaluation in general, and surrogacy.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the Aid to Capacity Evaluation instrument, capacity evaluation in general, and surrogacy.

Join Dr. Amjad Riar as he reviews the hospice benefit periods and live discharges.

Join Dr. Riar as he discusses the face to face encounter visits and the physician narrative in the hospice recertification process.

Join Dr. Amjad Riar as he embarks on the first in a series of discussions reviewing the roles and responsibilities of the Hospice Medical Director and Hospice Physician in the setting of the Hospice Medicare Benefit.

Join Bernice Burkarth as she as she speaks with Dr. Balu Natrajan, CMO of Season’s Hospice and the Chair of the Palliative Care Council. Dr. Natrajan highlights what the Palliative Care Council has been doing since it’s inception.

Episode 12 - Pain in Dementia - Terminal Dyspnea Steve and Laura discuss assessment of pain in patients with cognitive deficits, and review current concepts in terminal dyspnea management.

There will be no HPM Talk this month, but please head on over to the Physician/Advance Practice Practitioner myNHPCO community site to see a presentation of Easy Opioid Conversion, presented by Dr. Steven Baumrucker, MD, FAAFP, FAAHPM.  Also, visit the MyNHPCO Physician/ Advance Practice Provider Community (NHPCO member sign-in required)

Episode 10: This is the final of 3 in the series on the use of methadone in Palliative medicine brought to you by the HPM Talk host, Dr. Steve Baumrucker and Laura Hutchinson, the lead Nurse Practitioner from Wellmont Hospice. 

Episode 9: This is part 2 of 3 in the series on the use of methadone in Palliative medicine brought to you by the HPM Talk host, Dr. Steve Baumrucker and Laura Hutchinson, the lead Nurse Practitioner from Wellmont Hospice. 

Episode 8: This is part 1 of 3 in a series on the use of methadone in Palliative medicine. Join our host, Dr. Steve Baumrucker as he discusses the use of methadone in Palliative medicine with Laura Hutchinson, the lead Nurse Practitioner for Wellmont Hospice.

For episode 7, at the recent NHPCO Interdisciplinary Conference in New Orleans Dr. Bernice Burkarth had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ronald Crossno about medical marijuana.

Episode 6: Join Bernice Burkarth MD and Kelli Nelson ARNP in an interview exploring the role of the nurse practitioner in a community based palliative care program.

Episode 5: Join Dr. Robert Crook MD as he discusses documentation supportive of ongoing hospice eligibility in patients with long lengths of stay

Episode 4: Hear Robert Crook MD review tips for documentation supportive of hospice eligibility.

Episode 3: Hear Robert Crook MD discuss the factor of advanced age in prognostication as well as prognostication in the setting of Cancer, End Stage Liver Disease, End Stage Renal Disease, and Dementia.Dr. Crook shares with us the use and application of the MELD score, the ADEPT tool, and the Mortality Risk Index Score.

Episode 2: Join Robert Crook MD as he discusses prognostication in the setting of COPD and heart failure.

Episode 1: Hear Robert Crooks MD discuss prognostication from a general standpoint.