“Early Goals of Care: Utility of Identifying High-Risk Patients for Active Outreach”
> Describe the work of the NYP Mortality Index Workgroup.
> Explain the importance of early goals of care (GOC) discussion for SDM.
> Discuss the available tools developed to identify patients at high risk for inpatient mortality.
> Analyze the impact of active outreach to the primary teams by Case Management/Palliative Care for early GOC and timely referral to palliative care or hospice.
“Clinical Approaches and Educational Pearls in Geriatrics & Palliative Care”
> Define, compare and contrast geriatrics and palliative care.
> Introduce the 5M’s approach to good geriatrics care.
> Review key principles of palliative care.
> Discuss why it is important to learn goals of care (GOC) communication skills.
> Review early results of NYP’s GOComm training workshop.
> Review selected available tools and resources to learn about geriatrics and palliative care related topics: CAPC, VitalTalk, Vital Tips, iGeriatrics, Stanford Ethnogeriatrics
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
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