Palliative Care Leadership Center Training

Located at the academic medical center’s cancer center and CHF clinic, the Palliative Care Clinic sees both oncology and cardiology patients in all stages of illness:   

• Co-located oncology program launched in 2001 and expanded to the University of Virginia CHF clinic in 2014 
• Recipient of a 2012 CMS Innovation Award for improving care for patients with advanced cancer
• Work with local American Cancer Society and state hospice and palliative care organizations to provide education and promote awareness of palliative care
• Integrated with home health, hospice agencies and inpatient palliative care team
• Focus on measurement of patient outcomes in the medical record to identify patients in need of palliative and supportive care and to guide symptom management
• Expertise in use of databases derived from electronic medical records to promote ongoing quality improvement and to measure metrics of end-of-life resource utilization