Podcasts about palliative care program

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Katie Jones, FNP, MA, nurse practitioner for oncology and palliative care at Shaw Cancer Center, about her program's receipt of a 2025 ACCC Innovator Award. Recognizing the urgent need for the expansion of palliative care services beyond the clinic setting, Shaw Cancer Center's innovation, Shaw at Home: An Oncology Specific Home and Community-Based Palliative Care Program, bridges this critical gap in care by addressing the unmet needs of the patients in its community. Katie will discuss how the program has created a continuous transition of care between hospital and home, as well as continuity of care through end-of-life.   Katie Jones, FNP, MA Nurse Practitioner, Oncology and Palliative Care Vail Health, Shaw Cancer Center/ Shaw at Home Edwards, Colorado   “It's so different from seeing a patient in the clinic...to go to their home and see their family pictures on the wall, and see the things that are meaningful and valuable to them, and being in their own space. We learn so much about our patients during these visits.”   This podcast is part of a special series featuring the 2025 ACCC Innovator Award winners. For a deeper dive into this topic and other content that will help your team reimagine how care is delivered at your cancer program or practice, register today for the ACCC 42nd National Oncology Conference, October 15-17 in Denver, Colorado.   Resources: Hospital Care Comes Home Optimizing Cancer Care Delivery in 2022, Part 1 Home as a Site of Care for Acutely Ill Patients with Cancer Building a Palliative Care Program from the Inside Out

Host: Braydon Gear Guest: Dr. Stephanie Lape Air date: Apr 29, 2025

In this episode, Hospice News Senior Editor Jim Parker speaks with Marianne Muzic-Lucenti, manager of one of the oldest pediatric palliative care programs in the nation, at St. Mary's Healthcare System in Queens, New York City. The discussion profiles the program and looks at the outlook for palliative care for 2025.

In this episode, Holli and Brett discuss the integration of the Family Frailty Score as an assessment tool for patients undergoing advanced heart failure therapies. Various key considerations surrounding the tool are discussed, including multidisciplinary team involvement, socioeconomic challenges, patient and family support, and more. Featuring: Brett Snodgrass, DNP, FNP-C, ACHPN®, FAANP Holli Martinez FNP-BC, ACHPN®, FPCN Brett Snodgrass, DNP, FNP-C, ACHPN®, FAANP Brett Snodgrass has been a registered nurse since 1997 and a family nurse practitioner since 2007, practicing in multiple settings, including family practice, urgent care, emergency departments, administration, chronic pain, and palliative medicine. She is currently the Operations Director for Palliative Medicine at Baptist Health Systems in Memphis, TN. She is board certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is also a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. She is a nationally recognized nurse practitioner, speaker and teacher. Brett Is a chronic pain expert, working for more than 20 years with chronic pain patients in a variety of settings. She currently serves on the TN Chronic Pain Task Force. She is a director at large of the TN Pain Society. Past awards include AANP State Excellence Award for Tennessee for her work across the state on the TN Chronic Pain Task Force, as well as advocating for TN Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners and the 2017 Memphis Business Journal Healthcare Hero Award. Holli Martinez FNP-BC, ACHPN®, FPCN Holli has been a nurse for 26 years with the last 17 as an advanced practice registered nurse. In addition to providing palliative care consultations to patients and families, Holli also serves as the Program Director for the Supportive and Palliative Care Program at the University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute; an adjunct faculty member for the University of Utah College of Nursing; past Board president for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation; and faculty member for UCoPE - Utah Certificate of Palliative Education and Senior Faculty for VitalTalk. She is Board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. Holli has been inducted as an HPNA Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing and has been honored with the Cambia Foundation Sojourns Award and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners State of Utah Award for Excellence.

Host: Braydon Gear Guest: Stephania Lape & Mary Jo Hughes

Arika Patneaude and Bridget Sumser swing by to talk about their work as anti-oppression decolonizers. ********** Show Notes Elise Ahenkorah (she/her) “Safe and Brave Spaces Don't Work (and What You Can Do Instead)” Dr Autumn Asher BlackDeer Wilson Center: “What Explains the United States' Dismal Maternal Mortality Rates?” Luvvie Ajayi Jones' TED Talk “Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable” *********** DANCE PARTY! Come party with us at Busboys and Poets in Arlington, VA on September 21 ********** Let us know what you think! Send us an email: podcast@healwell.org *********** Check Healwell's live and online classes ********** Support the podcast (and get your podcast episodes early and ad-free) on Patreon ********** Continue the conversation with us in the Healwell Community ********** Merch! Find your Healwell fashion here *********** Thank you to ABMP for sponsoring this season of Interdisciplinary! Thank you to AIHM! Learn more about the AIHM Fellowship by emailing fellowship@aihm.org About Our Guests: Arika Patneaude is a licensed independent clinical social worker and ethnic minority mental health specialist, who has worked extensively in social services since 1992. The focus of her work includes: adult mental health; homeless housing services; and pediatric medical social work, with a focus on solid organ transplant, grief and bereavement, and pediatric palliative care. Bridget Sumser is a social worker with the Palliative Care Program for adults. She focuses on the whole person and the family, addressing each patient's social and emotional well-being through counseling, care planning and assistance with navigating the health care system.

A financially viable home-based palliative care model is driven by appropriate practices, processes and logistics. A big part of establishing successful parameters comes from starting with a sensible staffing model.What are the right roles in a palliative care start-up? How should a provider schedule patient visits? What's the proper mix of in-person visits versus support by phone or virtual video visits? How does the right level of patient care translate into manageable caseloads for clinicians and social workers? How can providers make sure services are covered by reimbursement?In this second episode of a two-part series, Mark Hendrix, president of nTakt, and Amanda Copeland, a palliative care nurse practitioner, join host Stan Massey of Transcend Strategy Group to discuss staffing, billing, telehealth and other smart palliative care practices. Mark's company, nTakt, is focused on building sustainable palliative care programs by utilizing meaningful technologies, uncomplicating processes and providing hands-on training. Mark has over 35 years of experience in process improvement and business turnaround. He is trained as a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt with over 10 years of experience applying Lean concepts in healthcare settings. Mark also has served as Operations Director for CMMI Palliative Care Grant and has had results published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.Amanda Copeland, AGNP, has dedicated over 20 years to caring for seriously ill patients, primarily focusing on hospice and palliative care in home settings. She is passionate about supporting seriously ill patients and families during this difficult part of their life's journey. Amanda played an integral role in building a successful home-based palliative program that has served more than a thousand families and continues to expand into new regions.

June 12, 2023 ~ Claire Sheeren, Founder of The Run, Walk n Roll 5K Benefitting the Palliative Care Program at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, tells Kevin and Tom about the race this Saturday.

Due to the historically weak reimbursement stream from CMS for palliative care, providers often have been conflicted with providing this undeniably helpful service and staying out of the red while doing so.Some hospice providers started their palliative care service line with the mindset that it would be a “loss leader” – they expected to lose money on the service but hoped to build relationships with patients and families sooner, convert them to their hospice care as early as appropriate, and make up for the loss through stronger hospice census and LOS. For most providers, things didn't really work out that way.So how can providers deliver the comfort and quality of palliative care without hurting themselves financially … and build a program that can be sustainable?In this podcast episode, Mark Hendrix, president of nTakt, joins host Stan Massey of Transcend Strategy Group to discuss wise approaches to solving the palliative care dilemma. The conversation covers billing practices, the role of telehealth, a smart foundational model to build a strong palliative care program, the future of reimbursement and much more.Mark Hendrix has over 35 years of experience in process improvement and business turnaround. He is trained as a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt with over 10 years of hands-on experience applying Lean concepts in healthcare settings. Mark also has served as Operations Director for CMMI Palliative Care Grant and has had results published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Ambereen Mehta and Dr Nathan Gray from the Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center about the many ways patients can benefit from palliative care.

Tyrell Jamaal Reggins, Tirzah Washington and Kim Garrison Hopcraft stop by the studio to talk about their experience with the Butterfly Guild of Nationwide Children's Hospital on this years production of Cinderella! And Krista raises an important question about bookstores... Butterfly Guild, a woman's auxiliary of Nationwide Children's Hospital, dates back to 1908. The organization is dedicated to raising funds, more than $300,000 annually, for central Ohio's only pediatric hospice and palliative care programs. The money Butterfly Guild raises supports crucial services for children facing terminal and life-limiting illnesses. The Hospice Program at Nationwide Children's serves to provide children with life-limiting illnesses the opportunities to play, laugh, learn and remain home where they may be surrounded by family and friends. Offered to children and families either inpatient or living at home, the goal of the hospital's Palliative Care Program is to help patients achieve the best possible quality of life. Since the organization's inception, Butterfly Guild has raised more than $4 million for Nationwide Children's Hospital. Tickets and information available now at: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/newsroom/news-releases/2021/11/butterfly-guild Watch the full episode! https://vimeo.com/681428044/1bb000bb91 Listen to this episode on iTunes! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spea…er/id1446908410 Listen to ALL of our episodes on Soundcloud! @speakeasilycolumbus Special Thanks to all of our loyal listeners! Speak Easily is produced at Boxland Media Studios, in beautiful Columbus Ohio. To see more of our work, check out www.boxlandmedia.com #podcast #SpeakEasily #KristaStauffer #AsSeenInColumbus #614 Speak Easily with The Cast of Cinderella By Speak Easily with Krista Stauffer is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

In this episode, we hear from Drs. Robert Friedman and Kate Tindall of Austin Palliative Care in Texas about their journey in establishing a home-based palliative care program. They discuss the challenges of designing their program, and how they used years of strategic research to identify their patient population, understand the unique needs in their city, and ultimately drive referrals. They share insights on balancing growth with delivering high-quality care, and how palliative care can be a model for value-based care – with the potential to improve quality of care and reduce costs.

Jeana Newbern and Alyson Santaniello from the Lake Sunapee VNA & Hospice are in the studio talking about the Palliative Care Program.  Alyson, a palliative care nurse practitioner, discusses what palliative care is, how they focus on the conversations and navigation of serious illness, working towards personal goals and symptom management, the extra layer of support palliative care provides, and more.  We also talk about the VNA's Christmas program coming up, flu clinics and more.

In Pakistan we hear of two nurses travelling by motorbike to care for the dying. The Palliative Care Program set up by Columban Fr Robert McCulloch is the only one of its kind in Pakistan. The Far East Magazine is published 10 times a year by St Columbans Mission Society. It features articles and photographs by Columban Missionaries from those countries where the missionaries work. The magazine was originally launched to promote mission interest in Catholic homes in Australia and New Zealand. The Far East Magazine is a major fundraiser for Columban Missionaries and was first published in Australia on 15th October, 1920. The Far East podcast is narrated by John Doherty. Subscribe to the Far East magazine at goo.gl/5ukmQX

Dr. Carl Robert Grey is a Geriatric Medicine Specialist and Co-Director of the Palliative Care Program at Wake Forest Baptist Health in North Carolina. At the time of recording, Dr. Grey was only weeks into his position at Wake Forest. In this episode, he discusses the importance of mentorship, embracing new ideas and innovations, and why he believes having a healthy work/life balance is a key ingredient to successful palliative care staff.

Inge DiPasquale, RN steps into the Program Spotlight to discuss how building relationships with referring physicians helped build her program from the ground up in just three years.

Dr. Arif Kamal discusses the Palliative Care Program at Duke University with Dr. Arjun Gupta, Costs of Care Learning Network Fellow.

Lori Yosick, Director for Community Palliative Care at Trinity Health, is one of the country's leading experts in palliative care. In addition to running the program at Trinity, Lori spends her time helping palliative care programs of all sizes extend their inpatient services to the outpatient setting. In this chat, Lori breaks down her top tips for starting, growing, and sustaining an outpatient program. Lori also discusses how her own missteps in starting an outpatient program taught her the valuable lesson of planning ahead before getting started.

Theology, Medicine, and Culture Seminar with Ray Barfield, associate Professor of Pediatrics and Christian Philosophy at Duke Divinity School and director of the Pediatric Quality of Life and Palliative Care Program at Duke University.

While 90 percent of people think it’s important to talk to loved ones about end-of-life care, especially in the event of critical illness or injury, less than 30 percent actually have the conversation. Through the Long Beach Has the Conversation initiative, the Palliative Care Program at Long Beach Memorial provides resources and tips to help you “have the conversation”.Listen as Katy Hyman, program coordinator, Palliative Care, Long Beach Memorial explains that while it may not be easy, it’s important.

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illness. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.Amy Case, MD, the Clinical Chief of the Supportive and Palliative Care Program at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the role of palliative medicine in cancer care.

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illness. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.Amy Case, MD, the Clinical Chief of the Supportive and Palliative Care Program at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the role of palliative medicine in cancer care.

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on February 3, 2017 entitled, “Imagination and the Secret to Enduring the Practice of Medicine,” with Ray Barfield, MD, PhD, associate Professor of Pediatrics and Christian Philosophy at Duke Divinity School and director of the Pediatric Quality of Life and Palliative Care Program at Duke University.

In this episode of the Palliative Care Program Spotlight podcast series, we’ll be learning about a program that has just begun. Our guest is Nurse Practioner Tiffani Mckenna of Elmhurst Hospital—a small community hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois. Tiffani manages the palliative care program at Elmhurst. At the time of this recording, the program had only been running for four months . For anyone out there who has built a palliative care program from the ground up, you know it comes with a lot of obstacles and growing pains, but it also might come with some truly incredible moments when the community and the hospital start to realize how vital it is to offer palliative care to patients. For those hoping to start a program, this episode will take you behind the scenes of how to open and grow a program.

In a relatively short period of time, there’s been increasing research supporting what many health care providers have long known – that comprehensive, palliative care that treats both symptoms and a person’s emotional needs during a serious illness or at the end of life, can not only vastly improve quality of life, but in many cases prolong it. Dr. Steve Pantilat, Director of the Palliative Care Program at the University of California, San Francisco says while palliative care has risen, it’s not high enough. "Getting palliative care still depends largely on your doctor offering it to you or making it available. Where we need to go is to have public demand." Pantilat likens it to the way we are born now in America – not too long ago, it used to be Mom in an operating room and Dad in a waiting room. But there was a demand from patients for the birthing rooms of today. "End of life is changing, but it will change faster and it will change better, if the public is engaged in this process as well and demands it."

This podcast presents an approach to pain management in the pediatric population. At the end of this podcast, you should have an understanding of the importance of adequate pain management in the pediatric population, recognize and assess pain in both the verbal and non-verbal child, and manage pain using the 3 P’s: physical, phsycological, and pharmacological methods. Please go to pedscases.com for the script to this podcast. This episode has been written by Adam Humble, Dr. Dawn Davies, and Kathyrn Reid. Adam is a medical student at the University of Alberta. Dr. Davies is the Medical Director of the Palliative Care Program at Stollery Children’s Hospital and Kathryn Reid a pediatrics chronic pain nurse practitioner at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. These podcasts are designed to give medical students an overview of key topics in pediatrics. The audio versions are accessible on iTunes. You can find more great pediatrics content at www.pedscases.com. 

This week we will have a conversation with Richard Goldman, MD. He is a specialist in Family Practice, Emergency Medicine and the Medical Director of a Palliative Care Program. We will discuss the choices one can make at the “end … Continue reading →

Dr. Ira Byock, director of the Palliative Care Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, discusses how to open the conversation about end-of-life planning.

Dr. Ira Byock, director of the Palliative Care Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, discusses the importance of developing an Advance Directives document.

Dr. Ira Byock, director of the Palliative Care Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, discusses the concept of "dying well."

Dr. Ira Byock, director of the Palliative Care Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, discusses how his program cares for people with advanced illnesses.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD, PhD Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, medical director of the Pain and Palliative Care Program at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, discusses a range of topics within the field of pediatric palliative care. In contrast to the expected standard of care for adults, many children with life-limiting and terminal diseases receive inferior treatment in this area. Given that a child's condition may last well into adulthood, effective programs embrace physical, emotional, social and spiritual elements, with a focus on enhancing the child's quality of life and providing support for their family. Dr. Maurice Pickard hosts.