Health Affairs Briefing: Advanced Illness And End-Of-Life Care

Few areas of health care are as personal, or as fraught, as care for people with serious illnesses who are approaching death. At a point in their lives when their needs are often as much social and spiritual as they are medical, people are confronted with a fragmented, rescue-driven health care system that produces miraculous results but also disastrous failures. As the nation’s population of individuals over the age of 65 is expected to reach 84 million by 2050, addressing these challenges becomes increasingly important, requiring coordination across multiple sectors and levels of government. Innovations are needed to produce improvements in care delivery; better communication between clinicians, patients and families; greater uptake of advance care planning tools; and payment systems and policies that support patient needs and preferences.  The July 2017 issue of Health Affairs, “Advanced Illness and End-of-Life Care” includes a comprehensive look at these issue and others. In addition, HA is hosting a forum at the National Press Club on Tuesday, July 11. Topics covered will include: Care At The End Of Life Financing & Spending Quality Of Care & Patient Preferences Hospice & Palliative Care The program will feature the following presenters: Melissa Aldridge, Associate Professor, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, IcahnSchool of Medicine at Mount Sin...
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