End-of-Life Care Summit

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marzo 14, 2025 7:00 A. M. - 3:30 P. M.

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The inaugural End-of-Life Care Summit is presented by Hospice Foundation of the Ozarks (HFO) along with community partners CoxHealth, CMH, and Mercy. The End-of-Life Care Summit illuminates the needs of fragile patient populations and promotes insights into coordinated care that improves outcomes for patients, their caregivers, and medical care teams. Sessions feature evidence-based practices for treating and supporting hospice and palliative care populations.

This event is designed for all healthcare professionals who care for the hospice and palliative care populations. 

Location: Oasis Hotel and Convention Center, Springfield, MO

For detailed agenda, list of speakers, and to register: click here 

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End-of-Life Care Summit Event Schedule 

7:00 am-7:45 am:  Check-in, light refreshments, and vendor booths 

 

7:45 am-8:00 am: Welcome: Anjanette LaBellarte, HFO Executive Director and Regina Waters, Ph.D., HFO Board and Event Committee Chair

 

8:00 am- 8:30 am:  Welcome and Opening Plenary Session:  “Prognosis is Poor” Keynote:  Melissa Gaines, MD, FACP, Director of Hospice and Palliative Care at CoxHealth 

 

8:30 am-9:30 am: Concurrent Session I

 

Breakout A: “Healing Reimagined: An Innovative Palliative Program” Michelle Goetz, DO FACOI, Mercy, Palliative Care, St. Louis 

Breakout B: “You are a Leader: An Interprofessional Vision for Hospice and Palliative Care”  Cara L. Wallace, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C, Professor St. Louis University, Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing           

                                         

9:30 am-9:45 am: Break/Vendors 

 

9:45 am-11:15 am: “Addressing Cross Cultural Issues at End-of-Life” David B. Hunt, J.D. Senior Director, Health Equity, BCT Partners, Think Cultural Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

11:15am-12:15 pm: Lunch, Networking, and Vendors

 

12:15 pm-1:15 pm:  Concurrent Session II

 

Breakout A:  “Heart of Hospice: Hospice in Rural Communities” Andrew Mayo, MD, Chief Medical Officer, St. Croix Hospice

Breakout B: “Conversational Triggers and Disease Progression: The Ethics of Shared Decision-Making” Amanda Altobell, MTS, Ph.D.(c), HEC-C, Director of Ethics Mercy Springfield

 

1:15 pm-1:30 pm: Special Announcement: Randy Bacon Film and Photo Exhibition on Multidisciplinary End-of-Life Care Dr. Gaines provides overview of the initiative and sneak peak of photo exhibition

 

1:30 pm-1:45 pm: “Addressing Challenges in Hospice Care: Strategies for Improving Referral Rates and Staff Engagement” Robert Carolla, MD, retired oncologist

 

1:45 pm-2:00 pm: Break, afternoon refreshments and vendors 

 

2:00 pm-3:15 pm: Barriers and Solutions to High Quality Serious Illness Management: 10 Practical Problems”  Patrick White, MD, PhD, HMDC, FACP, FAAHPM. Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

 

3:15 pm-3:30 pm: Closing Remarks/Education Evaluation