611
Medical Directors: It Takes a Village: Engendering Community
Physician Support for End-of-Life Care
58 Minutes, 0.9 contact hours
Hospice is entirely dependent on referrals from physicians. Physician buy-in is essential for the survival of your hospice. This course will explore how to generate and sustain buy-in from the physicians served by your hospice. Real life examples and practical applications of the concepts taught will be presented. Common challenges as well as ways to overcome those challenges will be explored. Further, this presentation will discuss how to assess the effectiveness of your current efforts as well as gauge the success of future efforts.

610
Medical Directors: Physician's Role in Organizational
Culture Change During the Implementation of Open Access
55 Minutes, 0.9 contact hours
Hospices are now greatly expanding the scope of services provided. Many are embracing Open Access. Effective coordination with the physician staff before, during, and after the roll out of open access is essential to the success of the endeavor. This session will explore how to approach the implementation of open access with a special focus on the physician’s role in this process. Likely challenges as well as potential solutions will be presented. Real life examples will be used to illustrate and reinforce the concepts taught.

612
Medical Directors: Plumbing The Depths:
Local Physician Recruitment for your Hospice Program
47 Minutes, 0.8 contact hours
Hospices are now further integrating physicians into their clinical practice. With new opportunities come new challenges. Physician recruitment is one of the main road blocks to establishing an effective Medical Services Department. Often times, the physicians you need are in your own backyard. This program will explore strategies to effectively recruit physicians to work for your program. Challenges and strategies to overcome these challenges will be presented. Real world examples will be shared to illustrate and reinforce concepts taught.

613
Medical Directors: Staff Empowerment Through
Extemporaneous Educational Opportunities
60 Minutes, 1 contact hours
Hospices are under increasing financial pressures. Often times, the first programs to be scaled back are educational resources. Whether internal classes or sending staff to conferences, programs are often faced with tough choices with which things to fund. This program will explore the likely multiple opportunities for staff education that occur daily on an informal basis. Specific examples of likely missed chances for education will be presented as well as ways to best take advantage of your staff’s knowledge and the potential positive impact on all of your staff by best utilizing these extemporaneous opportunities.

609
Medical Directors: The Medical Director's Role in Organizational Excellence
48 Minutes, 0.8 contact hours
The environment in which hospice finds itself is rapidly evolving. From changes in regulation to external market factors to changes in healthcare as a whole, the challenges presented are enormous. This session will explore the potential benefits to furthering and more completely integrating physician presence into the day by day operation of your hospice. Challenges as well as strategies to overcome these challenges will be presented. Real world examples will be used to reinforce and demonstrate the concepts.