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June 4, 2013 - How KY Scored on Pain Management Report Card

... The report, Achieving Balance in State Pain Policy: A Progress Report Card evaluates state policies to improve pain management and patient care. It was prepared by the University of Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG) and jointly funded the American Cancer Society, the ... Director for ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. "Now, more than ever, state regulations are defining ways for health care facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes and hospices, to make pain assessment and treatment an expected element of patient ... adopted new policies to improve access to effective pain management between 2008 and 2012. The policy improvement was largely a result of state health care regulatory boards adopting policies to encourage appropriate pain management, and state legislatures repealing restrictive or ambiguous ...

Report Shows Majority of States Falling Short on Policies to Fight and Prevent Cancer

... and fight cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). As the changing health care landscape presents new opportunities to prevent a disease that kills 1,600 people a day in this country, many state legislatures are failing to enact laws and policies that could not only generate new revenue and long-term health savings, but also save lives. How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and ...

Cancer Summit Highlights Outstanding Need to Improve Patient Quality of Life

... feel fully supported. The fifth annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of New Mexico Cancer Summit will bring together leaders in health care, government and business to highlight the need for a Palliative Care Advisory Council comprised of state experts. In 2019, ACS CAN will ... practices. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It's provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals working together with the patient, their family and caregivers. The team works with the patient to control pain and other ...

2014 Quality of Life Forum

... Greenville Hospital System; Dr. Julie Moss, USC Upstate, and Professor Diane Parker, USC Upstate. Improving Quality of Life through Palliative Care is about treating the person as well as the disease.  Palliative Care is also called supportive care and can provide better quality of life for cancer patients and their families by focusing on relieving the ... care services to all care settings, while also increasing the number of specialized palliative care-trained doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.  For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org/qualityoflife . Stay tuned for planning of the 2015 Quality of Life Forum ...

Crucial Legislation Would Improve Quality of Life for Cancer Patients in 2015

... introduced bipartisan legislation today that would improve the experience of cancer patients and their families by better coordinating their care from the point of diagnosis and addressing the often debilitating symptoms of treatment. The bill would put in place the building blocks ... bill would facilitate and expand federal research into palliative care; support training for nurses, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals to effectively practice palliative care; and establish a national palliative care public education and awareness campaign. ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

Guest Post: The Better End

... Dan told me about a book he wrote on advanced directives, or Š—“living wills,Š— which enable people to exercise control over their care should they become incapacitated. Patient control is important in all aspects of medical care and is a key focus of ACS CANŠ—'s advocacy ... willŠ—). An advance directive not only specifies the patientŠ—'s wishes for treatment in various situations, it also appoints a health care agent with medical power of attorney to make decisions in the event of incapacity. This is especially important for cancer patients, ... If you havenŠ—'t completed one, now is the time. Ask your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to do the same. This is one aspect of health care reform that depends entirely on individual action. LetŠ—'s do this together. Dan Morhaim, M.D. is board-certified in Internal ...

HHS Releases First Ever Coordinated Plan for Reducing Burden of Pain That Affects Millions of Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 18, 2016 ξThe National Pain Strategy, released today by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is the first ever national strategy to provide recommendations to better understand and reduce patient barriers to ... originated in a 2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Relieving Pain in America . The IOM report was mandated in the National Pain Care Policy Act, authored by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and enacted by Congress in 2010. A statement from ACS CAN ...

New Report Shows State Lawmakers Can Do More to Prevent, Reduce Cancer

... report, an annual snapshot of key state policies, shows many states are falling behind in their efforts to prevent cancer and promote access to health coverage. The report grades states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to health care coverage through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, passage of quality of life (palliative care) policies, implementation of ...

Volunteers Advocate for Quality of Life Bills

... has established a Quality of Life Committee in Pennsylvania to encourage our members of Congress to advance federal legislation on palliative care.  Among our requests is that Congressman Joe Pitts, whose district covers parts of Lancaster, Berks and Chester Counties and who chairs the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, hold a hearing on the legislation.  These bills are the Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act (H.R.1666) and the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (H.R. 1339).  Members of the committee include Valerie ...

Sign our petition! Ask MA lawmakers to support quality of life

We have the opportunity to make life easier for thousands of Massachusetts residents living with cancer. Palliative care provides an extra layer of support to cancer patients and sees the person beyond their treatment. It brings trained specialists together with ... and improve quality of life during serious illness like cancer. It's about TREATING THE PATIENT as well as the disease (a big shift in focus for health care delivery). And it works. Ask your Massachusetts legislators to support HB 2104 "An Act to improve quality of life by expanding access to ...

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