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Home - American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine ');//]] Skip to main content (Press Enter). Sign in Skip auxiliary navigation (Press Enter). Contact Us Code of Conduct AAHPM.org Skip main navigation (Press Enter). Toggle navigation Content types Announcements Blogs Communities Discussions Glossary Site Content Libraries Date range on this day between these dates Posted by Home Communities Open Forum My Communities All Communities Member Directory Events Upcoming Events Participate Post a Message Share a File Share a YouTube Video Share a Web Link Join a Community Mentor Match Mentor Match Enroll as a Mentor Enroll as a Mentee Mentor Match FAQs Help/FAQs Home Member Join Latest Discussions RE: Online Signatures for POLST/HCP forms By: Erik Fromme , 14 hours ago Posted in: Open Forum A few thoughts: 1.) Each state has it's own approach to POLST - some are supported by statute, others not. In states with statutory support if you want to vary practice from the statute, you would ideally get confirmation and an emergency order authorizing ... RE: ICU Protocol for COVID patients By: Alice Beal , 16 hours ago Posted in: Open Forum I second Michael's comments.Protocols for Palliative Care are not reasonable at this time. For ICU patients, we are spending most of our time talking to families, updating them and listening to them, trying to reassure them.Sometimes of comfort more ... RE: GIP Hospice during COVID-19 By: Faustino Gonzalez , yesterday Posted in: Open Forum Hello: We have several IPUs in our area(West Palm Beach). We have designated one of them just for COVID positive or PUI patients. All the rooms are on the ground, so we are providing "window" visits. We also use tablets for video assisted visits. ... More Tweets by @AAHPM AAHPM Blog Week in Review: April 6-10 5 days ago AAHPM President Rodney Tucker posted a message to AAHPM members this week sharing his thoughts about the current healthcare pandemic and how he is finding much to reflect upon, be grateful for, and be optimistic about. He finds peace in knowing that our role as healers is unwavering and resolute. AAHPM joined 40+ specialty ... Read moreWeek in Review: April 6-10 A Message from President Rodney Tucker 8 days ago Let me begin my first blog post as AAHPM President with a sincere hope that you are finding ways to stay safe and well in your mind, body, and spirit. I never imagined we would be starting 2020 in such a way. As we learn every day that this crisis is unprecedented, I find that ... Read moreA Message from President Rodney Tucker Highlights of the April 2020 Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 9 days ago Read the editor’s picks for the most recent issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM. Patterns of Symptom Management Medication Receipt at End-of-Life Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Lung Cancer Maureen L. Saphire, Elizabeth H. Prsic, Maureen E. Canavan, Shi-Yi J. Wang, Carolyn J. Presley, Amy J. Davidoff Does Receipt of Recommended Elements of ... Read moreHighlights of the April 2020 Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Read More Upcoming Events 2021 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care Feb 17 - 20, (ET) Most Active Members Shahanshah Manzoor 6004 Points Dawn Levreau 392 Points Gretchen Suess 223 Points Gloria Koskey 218 Points AAHPM | 8735 W. Higgins Road, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60631 | www.aahpm.org | 847.375.4712 Powered by Higher Logic...