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TASK FORCES
Project work has been parceled among five task forces to address key issues in the development of a comprehensive, advance care
planning program. A graphical flowchart can be found here.
- Service Model and Outcomes Task Force
The Service Model and Outcomes Task Force is responsible for identifying
measurable outcomes, identifying a service model, ensuring a uniform and
consistent message and focus of model, design of pilot projects and data
collection.
- Education Task Force
The Education Task Force is responsible for education about the model (for
healthcare professionals and institutions) and about the ACP conversations (for
public), adapting educational materials to different audiences, identifying and
training facilitators (e.g. volunteers, healthcare professionals, clergy,
retirees).
- Outreach Task Force
Identify, prioritize and recommend audiences for pilot programs based on
criteria for success; develop plan to strategically expand program beyond pilot;
research best approach to each community; recommend strategies to engage
audiences (including policymakers and healthcare providers in addition to
public) such as city-wide agencies, partnerships, neighborhood groups,
consortia, faith communities, senior centers, community clinics, etc.
- Policy Change Task Force
The Policy Change Task Force is responsible for surveying institutional policies
that affect advance care planning, initiating institutional and systems change
(e.g. document storage and retrieval system), addressing legal issues and
documents to provide ease of use in all institutions, accessing and
transportability of information.
- Quality Improvement Task Force
The Quality Improvement Task Force addresses ongoing quality improvement and
measurement.
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