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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hospice and Palliative Medicine SmartBrief</title><description>Designed specifically for hospice and palliative medicine professionals, Hospice and Palliative Medicine SmartBrief is a FREE, twice-weekly e-mail newsletter. By providing the latest need-to-know industry news and information, Hospice and Palliative Medicine SmartBrief saves you time and keeps you smart.&amp;nbsp;Click&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/aahpm/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe.</description><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aahpm?sb_code=rss</link><image><url>http://www.smartbrief.com/images/homepage/hed-smartbrief.gif</url><title>Hospice and Palliative Medicine SmartBrief</title><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aahpm?sb_code=rss</link></image><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Why reaching out to black families is an important hospice mission</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DDBA0A297-3F19-482F-AF9A-4F477A50DCEA%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DDBA0A297-3F19-482F-AF9A-4F477A50DCEA%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Hospice social worker Telia Starks and other St. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DDBA0A297-3F19-482F-AF9A-4F477A50DCEA%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Top Story</category></item><item><title>Ala. study to evaluate phone-based palliative intervention</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D881DB5C1-988C-4D37-AA37-1AA8B15D7B69%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D881DB5C1-988C-4D37-AA37-1AA8B15D7B69%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The American Cancer Society has given the nursing school at the University of Alabama a $720,000 grant for a four-year study &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D881DB5C1-988C-4D37-AA37-1AA8B15D7B69%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Palliative &amp; Hospice Care Update</category></item><item><title>ICU admissions from EDs up nearly 50% in U.S.</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D13744230-6EC8-4150-8FB6-12ECF68A327C%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D13744230-6EC8-4150-8FB6-12ECF68A327C%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">U.S. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D13744230-6EC8-4150-8FB6-12ECF68A327C%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Palliative &amp; Hospice Care Update</category></item><item><title>Art therapy complements healing process for cancer patients</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DA1F5599E-5B91-4B74-A96A-0F8B304874F8%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DA1F5599E-5B91-4B74-A96A-0F8B304874F8%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Cancer patients who participated in creative arts had moderate improvements in anxiety, depression and pain levels, according&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DA1F5599E-5B91-4B74-A96A-0F8B304874F8%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Patient &amp; Family Perspective</category></item><item><title>Nutrition expert covers Alzheimer's in book on brain foods</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D899CDA96-E750-4F9E-9F47-BF702E6CB772%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D899CDA96-E750-4F9E-9F47-BF702E6CB772%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine founder Dr. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D899CDA96-E750-4F9E-9F47-BF702E6CB772%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Patient &amp; Family Perspective</category></item><item><title>New fertility treatment being studied for women with cancer</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D05EE8417-EA00-4A74-B0E5-9FA6F72133FC%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D05EE8417-EA00-4A74-B0E5-9FA6F72133FC%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">An experimental new fertility treatment called ovarian tissue cryopreservation is being studied at about 50 locations nationw&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D05EE8417-EA00-4A74-B0E5-9FA6F72133FC%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Medical Research</category></item><item><title>MedPAC exec: Don't raise nursing home doctor pay for a decade</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D12ED8A16-4AE2-4968-A06E-3FE302A05314%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D12ED8A16-4AE2-4968-A06E-3FE302A05314%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">An official with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission told senators that reimbursement rates for primary care and doctors&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D12ED8A16-4AE2-4968-A06E-3FE302A05314%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Health Policy &amp; Practice</category></item><item><title>Tavenner gets Senate confirmation to lead CMS</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D61E7F0D7-9E6E-4341-A4B3-0AD2C496E618%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D61E7F0D7-9E6E-4341-A4B3-0AD2C496E618%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">U.S. senators on Wednesday voted 91-7 to install Marilyn Tavenner as the first confirmed CMS administrator since 2006. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3D61E7F0D7-9E6E-4341-A4B3-0AD2C496E618%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Health Policy &amp; Practice</category></item><item><title>Doctors innovate with new practice models</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DDDEF569F-F178-4A7C-AECB-5D70DE9A6B03%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DDDEF569F-F178-4A7C-AECB-5D70DE9A6B03%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Many doctors are revamping their medical practice to adapt to increasing demands from insurers and the government to bring do&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DDDEF569F-F178-4A7C-AECB-5D70DE9A6B03%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Health Policy &amp; Practice</category></item><item><title>Docs see care quality but not cost benefits to HIT, survey shows</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB1D122F8-25CC-4D4B-B5BD-AE964405225A%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB1D122F8-25CC-4D4B-B5BD-AE964405225A%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Data from a Deloitte poll showed 73% of responding physicians believe health IT will offer long-term care quality benefits, w&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB1D122F8-25CC-4D4B-B5BD-AE964405225A%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div><p><div style="background-image:url('/images/briefs/common/graphicbox_top.gif');background-repeat:no-repeat;clear:both;margin:0 auto;margin-top:14px;border:1px solid #000000;padding:4px;padding-top:18px;"><a href="http://www.aahpm.org/"><img border="0" src="http://www.smartbrief.com/images/i/328ACEE0-60D8-49E6-B540-0B85241729A3/HMD--SmartBrief.jpg"/></a></div></p>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>Trends &amp; Technology</category></item><item><title>In this changing hospice world, how can you remain effective and competent?</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB715A1AB-8E6A-410D-9532-6DBB92765277%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB715A1AB-8E6A-410D-9532-6DBB92765277%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Attend the AAHPM Hospice Medical Director Course Aug. 29 to 31 in Indianapolis. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB715A1AB-8E6A-410D-9532-6DBB92765277%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>AAHPM News</category></item><item><title>Call for nominations</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB30D74FA-5E6A-4FEA-90B6-6A7B881B2F9D%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB30D74FA-5E6A-4FEA-90B6-6A7B881B2F9D%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The call for nominations for positions on the AAHPM Board of Directors, Nominating Committee as well as nominations for AAHPM&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB30D74FA-5E6A-4FEA-90B6-6A7B881B2F9D%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>AAHPM News</category></item><item><title>The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant is energy -- invincible determination.</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB97A9E8B-E1EA-44F9-86D0-60A6383C5921%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB97A9E8B-E1EA-44F9-86D0-60A6383C5921%26brief%3Daahpm%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Sir Thomas Buxton,British politician, brewer and social reformer&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D2CB1D0EA-6861-4AA9-B896-A12D916816EF%26copyid%3DB97A9E8B-E1EA-44F9-86D0-60A6383C5921%26brief%3DAAHPM%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>17 May 2013 13:19:00 CDT</pubDate><category>SmartQuote</category></item></channel></rss>