NIH Seminar Will Address Palliative Care for Cancer Patients ▲ NCI Cancer Bulletin for July 24, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

NCI Cancer Bulletin for July 24, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

NIH Seminar Will Address Palliative Care for Cancer Patients

Amy Berman, a registered nurse and senior program officer with the John A. Hartford Foundation, will present the next NIH Medicine: Mind the Gap Seminar, “Cancer Care: The Patient’s Role, Palliative Care, and Implications for Health Policy.” The seminar will take place August 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon E.T. at the Natcher Conference Center, Rooms E1/E2, on the NIH main campus in Bethesda, MD. A live and archived webcast of the seminar will be available online.
Berman will talk about the patient’s role in establishing the goals of care, the importance of palliation, and recommendations for health care policy. Participants will learn how a patient, in partnership with the health care team, can play a vital role in achieving better health, better care, and lower medical expenses.

Berman heads the Hartford Foundation’s Integrating and Improving Services grants, focusing on the development and dissemination of innovative, cost-effective models of care that improve health outcomes for older adults. She is also responsible for a number of efforts to improve transitions of care, home health care delivery, and redesign primary care to better meet the needs of those with multiple chronic diseases.
More information about the Medicine: Mind the Gap Seminar Series is available online.