Pearls for Practice: Technology (2018)

#PallTech: Leveraging Digital Resources in Hospice & Palliative Care
Presenters: Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD, Leah Rosenberg, MD, Haipeng Zhang, DO, Sue Morris, PsyD, Irene Yeh, MD MPH

Objectives: Describe the current culture and climate for technological innovation within our changing healthcare system. Identify how digital resources can promote the work of hospice and palliative care clinicians. Examine gaps within hospice and palliative care that can benefit from technological innovation.

iDeath: Goals of Care for our Social Media Image
Presenters: David Buxton, MD, Sarah Rohrer, MSW

Objectives: Learn the impact of social media on palliative care patients. Review new concepts around virtual images of patients to create a basis of how to address it during goals of care meetings.

Tears in the Cloud: Facing Serious Illness and Grief in the Digital Age
Presenters: Gregg VandeKieft, MD MA FAAHPM, Denise Hess, MDIV, Christian Sinclair, MD FAAHPM

Objectives: Compare and contrast traditional models of communicating about the personal experience of serious illness and grief. Describe the emergence of autopathography as a therapeutic tool for patients and clinicians. Identify unique aspects of technology-based grieving and "processing" serious illness.

Documentation Design: Palliative Care Notes in the EHR Era
Presenters: Christian Sinclair, MD FAAHPM, April Krutka, DO

Objectives: Implement a structured, evidence-based approach to update and design note templates. Increase note efficiency and efficacy across palliative care settings.

Introduction to a Novel Social Media-Based Meaning Intervention for Caregivers of Children and Adolescents Receiving Palliative Care
Presenters: Kathryn Levy, MSW, Pei Grant, PhD, David Byrwa, MS, Rachel Depner, MS, Kelly Tenzek, PhD

Objectives: Establish the need for a caregiver intervention. Introduce the intervention and its components. Disseminating findings from the piloting of this intervention.

Harnessing The Power of Telemedicine in Palliative Care from Childhood to Adulthood: The Why and How
Presenters: Toluwalase Ajayi, MD, Ami Doshi, MD, Rachel Thienprayoon, MD, Kimberly Bower, MD HMDC FAAHPM, Michelle Tate, RN BSN, Robin Short, RN BSN

Objectives: Explain the rationale for incorporating telemedicine into the care of palliative care patients and its associated benefits. Describe common challenges, proven strategies, and best practice recommendations for successful and sustainable integration of a telemedicine program into palliative medicine programs. Appreciate the ease of telemedicine and discuss patient-centered benefits of implementing telemedicine into palliative care practice.