C-TAC News Bulletin March & April 2014
Things are humming at C-TAC central. Important Coalition events are being scheduled and momentum for our shared vision continues to build. This bulletin highlights our progress in only a select number of areas, but expect more in subsequent issues. Most importantly, C-TAC is pleased to announce our
2nd National Summit on Advanced Illness Care!
Mark Your Calendars for March 2-3, 2015
To be held at the National Academy of Sciences building here in Washington, DC!
Other Important Calendar Events
- C-TAC Member Meeting in Washington, D.C. – November 18, 2014
- 7th Annual National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) – April 16, 2014
Workgroup & Key Initiative Updates
Interfaith and Diversity
- A subcommittee has been tasked with operationalizing the Cultural Competency Project beginning with a search for experts in cultural and spiritual competencies to engage in a review of the literature specific to this project.
- Rev. Angela Overton, Director of Strategic Planning, spoke on behalf of the Workgroup March 17th at the Quarterly Meeting for the Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia, encouraging partnerships among faith and community-based organizations.
Policy & Advocacy
- The Senate Aging Committee has invited C-TAC to participate in a public Roundtable led by Committee Members and staff in May, to address the needs among caregivers and populations facing advanced illness. We believe this will be an important opportunity to champion the role of C-TAC and its members in transforming the delivery of advanced care nationwide.
Clinical Models
- A series of Webinars for 2014 have been scheduled with participating organizations for the Advanced Care Project (ACP). The ACP is a partnership between C-TAC and the AHIP Foundation’s Institute for Health Systems Solutions (IHSS); it will identify, analyze, and compare clinical care models for advanced illness care management and then promote the implementation of these results across the United States.
Public Engagement
- Coalition members and C-TAC staff will be testing and evaluating CareJourney.org. Pilot sites include Sharp Healthcare, InterMed Healthcare Centers Inc., St. John Providence Health System, and Allina Health.
Professional Engagement
- The Advisory Board Company, a performance improvement organization that provides support and guidance to hospitals and clinicians on a variety of topics, is providing pro bono research to C-TAC to perform an extensive literature review of 115 decision aids along with a series of interviews with experts. The goal is to glean best practices that foster successful implementation of high quality decision aids. The full report to be completed in June.
- On April 4th C-TAC’s Deputy Executive Director, Jon Broyles, and Professional Engagement co-chair, Marian Grant, presented at the Wesley Seminary Health Ministries Certificate Pilot Program. The Certificate Program provides an introductory educational foundation for health ministers in faith communities.
- C-TAC is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant from APCO Worldwide, a stakeholder engagement and business strategy firm, to focus on the implementation phase of the Informed Decision Making Project.
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About C-TAC
C-TAC is a national non-profit, non-partisan alliance of 100+ patient and consumer advocacy groups, health care professionals and providers, private sector stakeholders, faith-based organizations, and health care payers with the shared vision that all Americans with advanced illness, especially the sickest and most vulnerable, will receive comprehensive, high-quality, person- and family-centered care that is consistent with their goals and values and honors their dignity.
