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April 2015 Issue #28
Atul Gawande to Present 2015 NCCY Award
We're pleased to announce that awardwinning author Atul Gawande will bethe honored speaker at the 20th AnnualKenneth B. Schwartz CompassionateHealthcare Dinner on November 18 inBoston, and that he will present the 2015Schwartz Center National CompassionateCaregiver of the Year (NCCY) Award. Dr.Gawande is executive director of AriadneLabs, a joint center at Brigham andWomen's Hospital and the Harvard T. H.Chan School of Public Health. He is theauthor of four bestselling books(Complications, Better, The ChecklistManifesto and Being Mortal). His work
has illuminated the difficult choices caregivers, patients and families faceevery day and the system issues that can impede the delivery of highquality, costeffective and compassionate healthcare.
Nominate a compassionate caregiver you know for the NCCY Award.Nomination deadline: May 1, 2015. Award Details
Save the Dates!
Health Policy Breakfast
Friday, April 10, 20157:30 AM Breakfast
8:0010:00 AM Program
"Overcoming the Stigma of MentalIllness to Ensure CompassionateCare for Patients and Families"
Ropes & Gray800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
New York Thought Leadership
Advancing Compassionate, Collaborative Care
The Schwartz Center and the Arnold P. GoldFoundation, with support from the MacyFoundation, recently brought together more than80 caregivers, educators, policy leaders,healthcare administrators, and patient andfamily advocates to identify strategies for makingthe U.S. healthcare system a more compassionateand collaborative one. The resulting conferencereport includes four areas of actionable
recommendations formulated by the conference participants to advancecompassionate, collaborative care, or The Triple C. Learn more about theConference | Read the Triple C Framework | Read the Blog Post
Business Member Event Featuring Governor Baker
Our Business Members, past Dinner Chairs,Board Members, and other leaders gatheredat our inaugural Business MemberRoundtable to hear Massachusetts Gov.Charlie Baker discuss the importance ofcompassion in healthcare. Gov. Baker said,"The Schwartz Center has become a powerfulforce and a powerful voice in healthcare." Thisevent was hosted by Bob Popeo, Chairmanof Mintz Levin. View Photos | Learn moreabout becoming a Business Member
Cost Controls and the PatientCaregiver Relationship
This year's New York Thought Leadership Breakfast on Thursday,April 16, hosted in partnership with NewYorkBIO, will focus on "TheImpact of Healthcare Cost Controls on the PatientCaregiverRelationship" and will feature a distinguished panel of speakers,including:
Paul Gileno, President and Founder, U.S. Pain FoundationTom Lynch, MD, Director, Yale Cancer Center; PhysicianinChief, Smilow Cancer Hospital at YaleNew HavenAran Ron, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Oscar InsuranceCorporationJ. Russell Teagarden, Former Senior Vice President, National
Breakfast
Thursday, April 16, 20157:30 AM Breakfast
8:0010:00 AM Program
"The Impact of Healthcare CostControls on the PatientCaregiver
Relationship"
New York Genome Center101 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
Compassion in ActionWebinar
Tuesday, May 12, 20154:005:00 PM ET
"Effective and CompassionateCommunication for Shared
DecisionMaking"
Regional Meetings andFacilitation Workshops
View the dates and details for our2015 sessions.
For Schwartz Center members only
Celebration of Womenin Healthcare
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
5:007:30 PM ET
"Stories of Compassion with GeriDenterlein & Women in the Media"
Tufts Health Plan705 Mount Auburn Street
Watertown, MA
Organization for Rare Disorders; Former Visiting Scholar, NationalInstitutes of Health Bioethics Department; Member, AdvisoryCommittee on Rare Diseases, PatientCentered Outcomes ResearchInstituteJane Wasman, JD, President, International and GeneralCounsel, Acorda Therapeutics
The event will be moderated by Fred Mogul, healthcare reporter forpublic radio station WNYC News. Learn More and Register
A Caregiver's Story: Being in the Moment with Patients
The patient was in her twenties, pursuingher dream in the U.S., with a full life aheadof her. Then one day, she was diagnosedwith incurable cancer. Rev. Birte Beuckrecalls their time spent together and thedeep bonds this young woman formedwith her care team. One of her last wisheswas to travel back to Peru to die at home.It was a long way from California and shedidn't have any means to get back home.Beuck pulled the care team together andthey devised a plan to help. Read Rev.Birte Beuck's Story
Our 20th Year: Stories about Compassion
In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we have been getting back in touchwith the patient and caregiver stories that started the Schwartz Center inthe first place. What was so compelling about Ken's story was that itcould have been any of us, and the same is true of so many patients.Stories of caregivers highlight how their humanity informs their practiceof compassionate care. Read Stories about Compassion
20th Annual Kenneth B.Schwartz Compassionate
Healthcare Dinner
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015
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