CAPC Announces the Front-Runners of the First John A. Hartford Tipping Point Challenge

November 14, 2019

Atlanta, GA (November 14, 2019) The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is pleased to announce fifty-four front-runners of the first John A. Hartford Foundation Tipping Point Challenge – the cornerstone of a campaign aimed at creating a tipping point in the improvement of care quality delivered to millions living with a serious illness. Over 15oo organizations have participated so far. Winners will be announced in January.

People living with a serious illness experience tremendous burdens, including worry, pain and other symptoms, and enormous caregiver distress, said Diane E. Meier, MD, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care. “Palliative care has seen enormous growth, yet gaps in care remain. We at CAPC aim to change this by catalyzing change with the help and support of our partner, The John A. Hartford Foundation.”

“On behalf of The John A. Hartford Foundation, I want to congratulate all the frontrunners and all participants who took up the charge for change,” said Amy Berman, program officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation. “You are the country’s change agents, and we applaud you.”

Until the end of December, there is time for other organizations to catch up to the front-runners.

The frontrunner organizations include:

Agrace HospiceCare
Ambercare (New Mexico)
Aspen Hospice
Aspire Health
Attention Plus Care
Bluegrass Care Navigators
Butler Memorial Hospital
CareMore
CHI Health at Home (ND and MN)
Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility
Compassion Hospice
Compassus
Coney Island Hospital
Front Range Hospice & Palliative Care
HCSC
Hospice of the Western Reserve
House of Loreto
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital
Knox Community Hospital
Lutheran Hospice and Palliative Care
Main Line Health:Hospice
Margaret Mary Health
McKenzie County Healthcare Systems
Medical University of South Carolina
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Mercy Medical Center – Clinton
Midland Care Connection, Inc
Moffitt Cancer Center
Mount Carmel Home Care
Mount Carmel West
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Nathan Adelson Hospice Inc.
NorthStar Care Community
Optum Complex Care Management
OSF Holy Family Medical Center
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center (FKA Mendota Community Hospital)
OSF St. Luke Medical Center
PopHealthCare
Providence Connections/Palliative Care
Providence ElderPlace – Portland
Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Snowline Hospice
St. Mary’s Hospital – Athens
Stonehill Franciscan Services
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
Stony Brook University Hospital
Sutter Care at Home
TeamMD – Tennessee
The Alverno Healthcare Facility
The Valley Hospital
UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital
UnityPoint at Home
VA Medical Center Iowa City
Visiting Physician Association
Waldo County General Hospital

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