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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Navigating Outpatient Opioid Prescribing
Practical guidance for palliative care clinicians navigating safe and effective opioid prescribing in the outpatient setting.
Evaluating the Performance of Large Language Models on Palliative Care Test Questions
Study finds that two AI models answered the majority of palliative care knowledge questions correctly, generating answers that clinician educators rated more highly than existing answer key.
A Decade of Virtual Palliative Care Skills Training by CAPC
An article in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management highlights how CAPC has scaled virtual clinical skills training to more than 160,000 clinicians over the past decade.
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The Climate Crisis Needs Palliative Care Leaders
A group of palliative care clinicians argue that palliative care professionals are uniquely positioned to lead on the climate crisis.
CMS Proposed Rule: Understanding Palliative Care in Home Health
CAPC's Brynn Bowman and Allison Silvers speak to Hospice News about key gaps in the CMS proposed 2027 home health rule's approach to palliative care.
The South Had the Lowest Rates of Hospice and Palliative Medicine-Certified Providers in the US, 2024
New research using CAPC's 2024 Serious Illness Scorecard reveals stark regional gaps in palliative care workforce capacity—and identifies which state policies are associated with stronger workforce capacity.
Two CAPC Members Announced as 2026 AHA Circle of Life Award Winners
Programs have been recognized for their efforts in palliative care.
Impact of Virtual vs. In-Person Palliative Care on Symptom Burden
Study finds patients receiving a mix of in-person and virtual palliative care visits had the greatest reduction in symptom burden, compared to in-person or virtual care alone.
Palliative Care Awareness and Misconceptions by Sexual Orientation
Study finds adults who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual have higher palliative care awareness than heterosexual adults with no difference in misconceptions between groups.
Things We Do for No Reason: Standing at the Bedside
A commentary in the Journal of Hospital Medicine discusses how sitting at the bedside improves physician-patient communication among hospitalists.
Pathways to Advance Targeted and Helpful Serious Illness Conversations
Combining clinician and patient nudges increased documented conversations about goals and preferences, driven largely by the clinician nudge.
Patient Perceptions of Palliative Care in Surgery
Study finds seriously ill surgical patients often equate palliative care with hospice, but still raise related concerns with their surgeons.
Care Gap: Identifying and Bridging Barriers in Primary Palliative Care
An article examines why primary palliative care is key to closing the care gap for people with cancer, why past trials haven't replicated specialty care's benefits, and what's needed to move forward.
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Navigating Outpatient Opioid Prescribing
Practical guidance for palliative care clinicians navigating safe and effective opioid prescribing in the outpatient setting.
