The Health Care Quality and Cost Council will hold 2 committee meetings Wednesday, July 2, at One Ashburton Place, 21st floor. The End of Life Committee will meet from 11-12:30 and the Communications and Transparency Committee will meet from 3-5. Agendas are below. Also, check back here later today for an update on the HCQC Council’s retreat.
End of Life Care Committee and Chronic Care Management and Prevention Committee
I. Approval of Minutes from May 7, 2008 meeting
II. Items for Discussion
A. Discussion of End of Life event to focus on Dartmouth Atlas findings
B. Hospice Care Statistics; Diane Bergeron, Hospice Care, Inc.
C. Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST); Ruth Palombo, Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Andy Epstein, Department of Public Health
Communications and Transparency Committee
I. Approval of Minutes from May 7, 2008 meeting
II. Items for Discussion
A. Analysis and display of variation in quality measures across hospitals; John Freedman, M.D., Clinical Consultant to the Council
B. Collection of patient race and ethnicity data
C. Follow up from Council Retreat
