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• Building a Program
  • Making the Case for Hospital-Based Palliative Care
    • Defining Palliative Care
    • Hospital-Based Palliative Care
    • What Patients Want
    • Benefits to Hospitals
    • Improving Clinical Outcomes
  • Designing a Program
    • Assemble the Core Planning Team
    • Mission Alignment - Assessing Hospital Priorities
    • System and Needs Assessment
      • Palliative Care Decision Checklist
      • Needs Assessment Checklist
    • Program Characteristics to Consider
      • Program Model Options Chart
    • Presenting the Business Plan
  • Financing a Program
    • Estimating Program Volume
    • Forecasting Future Patient Volume
    • Estimating Cost Savings
    • Estimating Hospital Revenue Enhancement
    • Estimating Hospital Billing Revenues
    • Estimating Revenues from Physician Billing
    • Palliative Care and Philanthropy
    • Estimating Costs
    • Comprehensive Tutorial
  • Implementing a Program
  • Measuring Quality & Impact of Programs
• Hospice & Palliative Care Across the Continuum
  • Hospice-Hospital Partnership
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
  • Long-Term Care
  • Community-Based Palliative Care
• Tools
  • Tools for Financial and Strategic Planning
  • Clinical and Quality Management Tools
    • Standardized Consult, Progress Notes and Billing Cards
      • Palliative Care Initial Consultation Template (Hospice of the Bluegrass)
      • Palliative Care Initial Consultation (Fairview)
      • Palliative Care Billing Card
      • Social Work Progress Note (Bluegrass)
      • Family Conference Progress Note (Fairview)
      • Family Conference Progress Note (Central Baptist)
      • Screening and Eligibility for Palliative Care Consultation Tool
    • Pain and Symptom Assessment
      • Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale
      • Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale
      • Hmong Pain Assessment
      • Spanish Pain Assessment
      • The CAPC Clinical Rounding Tool
    • Functional Status Measures
      • ECOG Performance Scale
    • Patient & Family Needs Assessment
      • FamCare Scale
      • Care and Needs Assessment (Central Baptist)
    • Bereavement and Physician, Patient and Family Satisfaction Tools
      • Fairview Professional/Clinician Satisfaction Survey
      • Dart Family Evaluation Interview and Assessment
      • Family Satisfaction Survey - Billings et.Al (Journal of Palliative Medicine
    • Guidelines, Policies, Procedures and Protocols
      • Use of Analgesics: Selection, Route, PCA
      • Non-oral Hydration and Feeding in Advanced Dementia
      • Core Competencies of a Palliative Care Program
      • Use of Pentobarbital
      • Pain Assessment and Management
      • Managing Conflict
      • DNR Orders
      • Care of Dying Child
      • Patient Rights and Responsibilities
      • Palliative Care Guidelines
      • Medication Guidelines
      • Guidelines for Nutrition and Environmental Services
    • Specialty Clinic/Primary Care Service Agreement
  • Marketing Tools
  • Billing Tools
  • Palliative Care Guidelines and Best Practices
  • Hospital/Hospice Tools
    • Corporate Practice of Medicine State Survey
  • Sample Job Descriptions
• Research and Resources
  • Citations
  • Publications
  • Journals
  • Additional Resources and Websites
  • Professional Organizations
• Leadership Centers
  • Call for Proposals
  • Overview
  • Sign up for PCLC Training!
  • Locations and Program
  • Building Academic Palliative Care
  • See What People are Saying
  • Training Dates
  • Curriculum
    • Building Academic Palliative Care
  • FAQs
  • Download the Brochure
  • Contact the PCLCs
• CAPC Resources
  • CAPC Seminars
    • Texas 2008
      • Seminar Overview
      • Workshops, Plenaries and Concurrents
      • Day-by-Day Agenda
      • Call For Abstracts
      • Faculty
      • Plenary Speaker Bios
      • Travel and Hotel Information
      • Registration
      • Watch Seminar Video
      • Texas 2008 Brochure
      • Sponsorship Opportunities
  • CAPC Audio Conferences
    • APN Billing for Palliative Care Services
    • Billing and Coding for Palliative Care Consultations
      • Billing and Coding for Palliative Care Consultations: Getting Paid for What You Do
    • Past Audio Conferences
      • July 11, 2006
      • May 18, 2006
      • March 2, 2006
      • November 9, 2005
      • April 8, 2008
      • March 19, 2008
      • January 24, 2008
      • February 14, 2008
  • CAPC Publications
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  • CAPC Poster Session
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• News and Events
  • Press Releases
  • eNews
    • September 2007
    • March 2008
    • June 2008
  • Palliative Care in the News
  • Calendar of Events
• Finding Palliative Care Services
  • Palliative Care Program Directory
• About CAPC
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • CAPC Staff
  • CAPC Advisors
  • Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP
  • Copyright
• Program Directory
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  • Designing a Program
  • Billing and Financial
  • Staffing
  • Data Collection and Measurement
  • Hospital and Hospice Partnerships
  • Internal and External Marketing
  • Leadership and Team Dynamics
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care and the ICU
  • Palliative Care and the ED
  • Palliative Care Out-Patient Services
  • Palliative Care in Nursing Homes
  • National Quality Forum Framework and Guidelines
  • Chaplaincy in Palliative Care Settings
  • General Operational Topics