HASC’s 3rd Annual Palliative Care Conference, Post Acute Palliative Care Continnuum: Connecting the Dots, will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at the Pacific Palms Hotel & Conference Center in the City of Industry. 

This one-day program moves the focus of palliative care’s rapid evolution to the post-hospital continuum of care. Representatives from physician groups, skilled nursing facilities, hospices and home care agencies are also invited to the event.

Topics will include: Moving Upstream: Palliative Care Outpatient Practices; How an Integrated System of Care Connects the Dots - Healthcare Partners Model; The CareMore Palliative Care Continuum; Palliative Medicine Resource Hotline: PAL-MED CONNCECT; and Best Practices Panel / Story Board Discussion.

Faculty for the conference will feature the following experts:

• David Kessler, RN, Chair, HASC Palliative Care Committee, and Palliative Care Program Director, Citrus Valley Health Partners
• Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM, Director, Symptom Management Service, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• Stuart Levine, MD, MHA, Corporate Medical Director, HealthCare Partners
• Karol Attaway, Vice President, Operations, HealthCare Partners
• Martha Jones, BSN, PHN, CCM, Vice President, Case Management, HealthCare Partners
• Sayeed Khan, MD, Physician Director, Hospitalist, and High Risk Programs, HealthCare Partners
• Elaine Regalado, Marketing Specialist, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice
• Connie Carr, NP, MSN, Education and Research, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice
• Ken Kim, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CareMore
• George Fields, MD, Chief Medical Director, CareMore
• Susan Poprock, JD, RN, Vice President, Professional Services, MPTF Corp/Motion Picture Television Fund Hospital
• Anne Moore, RN, MSN, FNP-C, Family Nurse Practitioner/Team Leader, Skirball Hospice

Program cost is $200 for HASC member hospitals and $240 for non-members.