Lorree Ratto, PhD, FT
Presented on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – 4:00 PM MST
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been in the international conversation among health care professionals and the public. We have invited a panel of hospice owners and hospice workers to share with us some of the ethical, legal, and physical challenges they are facing in this pandemic. Please join us for this discussion by registering below. We are compiling questions for our panel. Please send any that you might have to info@azbioethicsnetwork.org
- Are hospices prepared to scale up their services for those with COVID? Will the facility admit a COVID positive or presumptive positive patient?
- Have hospices considered prehospital DNR with their current patients to avoid transport to EDs? Will living wills be honored?
- If no more in-home visits, how are reimbursements handled? What at home services are being provided?
- Have hospices experienced the shortages of pain meds as is being reported for intubations and sedations?
- To what extent are hospices prepared to use tele-health capabilities?
- With staff (i.e. CNAs) potentially losing hours (since they are unable to provide care in certain facilities), how does the hospice adapt?
- Hospices appear to be lower on the priority list for PPE (compared to hospitals and first responders). How has that impacted the operations?
- Is compassion fatigue escalating? If so, what steps are hospice facilities/workers doing to mitigate it?
Our panelists include: Dan Peterson, MBA, CEO Valor Health/Valor Hospice Care, Tucson, AZ; Jessica Empeno, MSW, Director, Strategic Development, LightBridge Hospice and Palliative Care, San Diego, CA: Rhea Go-Coloma, MSW, Chief Administrative Officer, Hospice of the West, LLC, Phoenix, AZ; LIsa Cheney, BSN, Director of Hospice Services, Hospice of the West, LLC, Phoenix, AZ. Additional contributors to the conversation will be Tara Sklar, JD, MPH, from the UA College of Health Law, and Jeri Donahue, ARNP ACHPN, Franciscan Hospice Care, University Place, WA.
Dr. Ratto is Associate Professor Communication/Chair, Medical Humanities and Healthcare Leadership/Director of Medical Simulation and Standardized Patients, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA), AT Still University, and Adjunct Professor, Maricopa Community Colleges, Department of Communication at Rio Salado College and Chandler-Gilbert Community
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