Improving Serious Illness Care for Critical Access Communities

With speakers Caroline Hurd, MD, of UW/Harborview, and Sharmon Figenshaw, ARNP. People in rural areas of Washington with serious illness may not have access to a comprehensive range of palliative care and hospice services. This webinar helps teams think through how they might better support their patients at the primary care level with some high-yield palliative care skills, and how to access training for these skills. We also explore models for delivering important supportive care, with examples of using team members of diverse professional backgrounds, who can, with training, provide effective supportive care for individuals with serious illness in critical access areas of the state. Co-sponsored by Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics, with a grant from Friends of Hospice of the Palouse, and the Washington Serious Illness Care Coalition.

(Originally recorded on Dec. 5, 2024)