The following is a brief update from Stratis Health on educational opportunities/resources related to palliative care.

Recorded educational session:

“Advanced Care Planning Using the Honoring Choices Minnesota Model”
Presented by Katie Snow, Honoring Choices MN; Jessica Hinkley, NP, Fairview Red Wing Health Services and Trudi Paulson, LISW, Partners in Aging Program, Fairview Red Wing Health Service. Presented at the April 5th Rural Palliative Networking Meeting.
Access the session (scroll down to the “Advanced Care Planning Section”).

Stratis Health has also put all their recorded educational sessions in one location. The palliative care sessions can be sorted by “Audience” and are listed under “All Settings – Palliative Care.”

Upcoming educational opportunity:

Understanding Palliative Care Across the Settings—Center on Aging 2011 Summer Institute

• June 1, 2011, St. Paul, MN
• Keynote speaker: J. Andrew Billings, MD, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care
• CME offered

Other Palliative Care-related Information:

New Minnesota Cancer Plan Released
The new Cancer Plan Minnesota 2011-2016 was officially launched at the March 24th Minnesota Cancer Summit. This updated five-year cancer-specific plan is a framework for action, and includes four objectives related to hospice, palliative care and advance care planning: increase the use of advance care planning, improve availability of palliative care services, increase utilization of hospice care, and increase number of hospice care providers who accept pediatric patients. View the full cancer plan.

Revised Minnesota POLST Form Available
The Minnesota POLST Form has been revised. The form is updated periodically based on comments received by those using the form. View the latest version.

Patti Cullen, CAE
952.851.2487
pcullen@careproviders.org

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