03.20.2015

IOM National Action Conference on Policies and Payment to Improve End-of-Life Care

ON March 20th, the Institute of Medicine hosted a national meeting of policy and health care leaders and other stakeholders to discuss ways to implement the recommendations in the IOM report Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life.

Speakers at the event included Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Mark Warner (D-VA), keynote presenter Atul Gwande, and leaders from the National Quality Forum, NHPCO, American Nurses Association, American Cancer Society, US Department of Veterans Affairs. and CMS, among others. Videos and recaps of the sessions are now available.