Meetings & Materials

Patient Centered Care and Human Mortality
The Urgency of Health System Reforms to Ensure Respect for Patients' Wishes and Accountability for Excellence In Care
Report and Recommendations of the Massachusetts Expert Panel on End of Life Care
Final Report (PDF)  file size 1MB file size 2MB

Past Meetings and Materials

June 29, 2009

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Expert Panel Members (Excel) 
• Variation in Use of Hospital Inpatient Resources in End-of-Life Care in Massachusetts, John Cai, Ph.D., Maria Schiff, M.S., Nga Vuong, B.A., Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy June 2009 (PPT) 
• Workgroup Framework Revised with Input (June 29, 2009) (PDF)  | RTF 
• Palliative Care References - General and Per Workgroup (Word) 
• Public Policy Activities and Possibilities (PDF) 
• Meeting Minutes (June 8, 2009) (PDF) 

June 8, 2009

• "Respectful End of Life Care Takes the Limelight in Massachusetts" by Jim Conway Member, Quality and Cost Council, Comm. of MA; SVP, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (PPT) 
  
• The National Quality Forum's Framework for Hospice and Palliative Care (PPT) 
  
• Roadmap to Cost Containment: Review of Work to Date and Development of Committee Recommendations by The Health Care Quality and Cost Council Cost Containment Committee (PPT) 
  
• National Priority: Palliative and End-of-Life Care; Guarantee appropriate and compassionate care for patients with life-limiting illnesses (PDF) 
  
• Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment - A MOLST Demonstration Program Update by Margaret Ann (Peg) Metzger, JD, MOLST Project Consultant (PPT) 

April 27, 2009

• Minutes (PDF) 

See archived Health Care Quality and Cost Council "End of Life and Chronic Care Committee" Information and Meeting Materials

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