News Bites

Large palliative care collaboratives show that standardized data and benchmarking across teams can meaningfully improve care quality, reveal wide variation in practice, and strengthen the case for better resources.

A new framework uses a Venn diagram to clarify how chaplains and social workers overlap and differ within specialty palliative care teams.

CAPC has been recognized with two 2026 ASAE Gold Circle Awards for excellence in association marketing and membership campaigns.

A new framework uses a Venn diagram to clarify how chaplains and social workers overlap and differ within specialty palliative care teams.

Large palliative care collaboratives show that standardized data and benchmarking across teams can meaningfully improve care quality, reveal wide variation in practice, and strengthen the case for better resources.

Applications are now open for INCITE’s second national training cohort for U.S. cancer center teams. Enrollment closes June 15, 2026.

Health plans are increasingly partnering with palliative care providers to expand access to coordinated, home-based care for serious illness.

A study found that earlier palliative care referral was associated with less late-stage chemotherapy, fewer hospitalizations, and lower ICU use among patients with metastatic cancer.

Remote music therapy may help expand access to palliative care for medically complex children, with a new study finding reduced child stress, stronger family connection, and high satisfaction with home-based virtual sessions.

CAPC has been recognized with two 2026 ASAE Gold Circle Awards for excellence in association marketing and membership campaigns.

A Hospice News article highlights how greater clinician and payer education around concurrent pediatric care could improve access, strengthen sustainability, and help families receive supportive services alongside curative treatment.

A study in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that hepatologists trained in palliative care can deliver outcomes comparable to specialists for patients with end-stage liver disease, creating more pathways to earlier access.

The Chaplain & The Doctor is a new documentary exploring compassion, spirituality, and collaboration in health care.

A new study in the Journal of Palliative Medicine finds that AI-generated images of palliative care and hospice tend to present a narrow, highly idealized, and sometimes misleading picture of both services.

Experts in palliative care, geriatrics, psychology, and wound care identify key strategies for managing complex wounds in serious illness.