National Healthcare Decisions Day 2.0 Is Here!
DO OVER! Today, July 16, is National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) 2.0. This important day exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and health care providers about the importance of advance care planning.
MLMC Releases New Advance Care Planning Guide
We are very excited to announce the unveiling of our brand new Advance Care Planning Guide, a tool to help you think about, talk about, and write down what matters most.
Governor McMaster Declares April To Be South Carolina Health Care Decisions Month
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has declared April 2020 to be Health Care Decisions Month.
Best Practice: Our Impact Story
The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation regularly collects impact stories to highlight best practices in health care. Now, they are featuring our story.
CAPC Releases COVID-19 Response Resources
The Center to Advance Palliative Care has organized a COVID-19 toolkit, which including crisis communication and symptom management protocols.
Making Decisions Helps Us Reflect And Renew
April is South Carolina Health Care Decision Month. It is also spring time, where the world experiences the wonders of life as nature begins to come alive again.
Health Care Decisions Month: Engage the Community Where They Live, Work, and Pray
It is often the case that advance care planning occurs in a clinical setting. But engagement should expand beyond the health care system, however, to meet people where they live, work, and pray.
Health Care Decisions Month: Educate and Train Staff and Employees
Health care professionals, whether physicians, nurses or social workers, may feel uncomfortable engaging with patients and families in advance care planning conversations. But, there is good news.
Health Care Decisions Month: Lead by Example and Encourage Your Staff to Do the Same
When it comes to advance care planning, we believe in leading by example. This means first conducting your own advance care planning and encouraging those around you—whether friends, family or colleagues to do the same.
Health Care Decisions Month: The Call to Action
In South Carolina, we are declaring all of April as South Carolina Health Care Decisions Month to inspire, educate, and empower the public and health care providers about the importance of advance care planning.