October 2021 | Issue 4 | Page 6 Palliative Care Accomplishments in the Southeast
The Center to Advance Palliative Care ( CAPC ) recently announced the winners of their second John A . Hartford Foundation Tipping Point Challenge . This is a national competition which has captured innovations that have made — or will make — positive , breakthrough change in the care of serious illness . More than 100 initiatives were submitted and evaluated on impact , evidence-base , feasibility , scalability , and sustainability . We congratulate all the winners , but especially want to highlight the winners from the Southeast ( or programs that are close to the Southeast ).
You can read and learn about each innovative initiative at tippingpointchallenge . capc . org .
GOLD WINNERS
Primary Palliative Care RN Resource Team , Submitted by : Sarasota Memorial Hospital Joelle M . Vlahakis , MD , FAAP , FAAHPM and Brenda J . Edusei , MPH , MSN , ANP-BC : Sarasota Memorial Hospital
BRONZE WINNER From Service to Center : Leading Palliative Innovations for Complex Populations , Submitted by : The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Charles Paine , MD , MHIIM : University of Mississippi Medical Center
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