Register Now! Creating a Culture of Compassion

Registration is now open for the 4th Annual CCCC Conference & Membership Meeting on February 15, 2012, at the Catamaran Resort & Spa in San Diego. Hear Myra Christopher, national expert in aging and end-of-life care, talk about healthcare reform. Find out the latest on Californians' end-of-life experiences and attitudes from 2011 James Irvine Leadership Award winner, Dr. Steve Pantilat. Click here for the conference brochure.

Announcing the 2012 Compassionate Care Award Winners

CCCC is proud to announce the winners of the first annual Compassionate Care Leadership Awards: Tarek Mahdi, MD, CMD, FAAFP, Chairman of the Inland Empire Palliative Care Coalition in Riverside, and the George Mark Children’s House in San Leandro, the first freestanding, independent pediatric palliative care facility in the US. The awards will be presented at the CCCC Annual Conference on February 15, 2012, in San Diego.

Revised POLST Form Effective 4/1/2011

Changes to the California POLST Form were approved by the statewide POLST Task Force and the Emergency Medical Services Authority Commission. The new form went into effect on April 1, 2011. Previous versions of signed POLST forms remain valid.  Click here to access the revised form, translations of the form and a summary of the changes.

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