National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
Read the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's Hospice Month Proclamation.
Read the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's Hospice Month Proclamation.
Read the history of Veterans Day at VA.gov.
Learn more from The American Cancer Society about how to quit smoking, or make a plan to start to quit.
Find events, read facts, and learn how you can help fight AIDS at worldaidsday.org.
2014 marks the 26th anniversary of an event that has shaped the course of health care quality in profound, enduring ways — the Annual IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care. Lend your voice, share your ideas, and join a force of great minds that will inspire and challenge you on December 7-10, 2014, in Orlando, FL, USA. This conference is more than a chance to network with nearly 5,000 health care professionals and gain actionable ideas for your organization. It's also an opportunity to play a part in effecting real change in health care quality and safety.
From the American Cleaning Institute: The goal of National Handwashing Awareness Week is to decrease the spread of infectious diseases by empowering individuals to educate and help protect their communities. Read more on their website at cleaninginstitute.org.
Love and fear live together as do life and death. In this 30 minute webcast, Dr. Jean Watson, Founder, Watson Caring Science Institute; Dr. Susan E. Mazer, President/CEO, Healing HealthCare Systems; and Robert Browning, Director of HeartMath Healthcare discuss how human caring, heart-centered practices, and healing environments help us thrive with the polarities of our lives and […]
This two-day professional intellectual and experiential human caring program addresses global critical, clinical nursing issues in our everyday practice. The sessions include universality of human caring, ethical dilemmas, overcoming burnout, end of life care and other topics deepened by theory, philosophy and practices of Caring Science. Convened by Dr. Jean Watson and Watson Caring Science Institute, […]
The Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) is designed for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers interested in acquiring, maintaining, or expanding the skills needed to function effectively in the field of hospice and palliative care. Be sure to stop by […]
Join HHS President and CEO Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D. as she explores how the environment of care impacts the patient experience. Time: 11 a.m. Pacific; 1 p.m. Central; and 2 p.m. Eastern. Hosted by Grainger. Register.
Patient Experience Conference represents the power of community and the collective voices of healthcare professionals across the globe to convene, engage and contribute to expanding and cultivating the ongoing dialogue on improving the patient experience. At this interactive conference, you will identify strategies and discover solutions to help start your journey, or to advance your program […]