New Hampshire Comprehensive Cancer Collaboration

 7th Annual Meeting

Cancer Survivorship: Four-Dimensional Approach To A National Challenge 

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
8:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Courtyard by Marriott
Grappone Conference Center
Concord, NH

AGENDA

8:00 Registration

8:30 Welcoming Remarks, New Hampshire Comprehensive Cancer       Collaboration (NH CCC) Year in Review 

     Nancy Kane, MS, RN, AOCN, Concord Hospital, Board Chair of NH CCC  

9:15 Advancing a Quality of Life Agenda: Innovation, Ingenuity & Advocacy

     Rebecca Kirch, JD, Director, Quality of Life & Survivorship, American Cancer Society

10:00 Networking Break/Visit Exhibits & Lilly Oncology on Canvas

10:30 Commission on Cancer 2012 Patient-Centered Standards

 Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD, FACS, Vice-Chair of Commission on Cancer (CoC) 2012 Standards Revision Committee

 Teresa Ponn, MD, FACS, NH State Chair, CoC

11:30 Morning Breakout Sessions: A, B, C, D (see below)

Practical Resources to Address the Four Dimensions of Survivorship:
Physical, Psychosocial, Spiritual, Financial Needs

12:30 Networking Lunch/Walk/Exhibits

1:30 Afternoon Breakout Sessions: E, F, G, H

        (Morning Breakout Sessions Repeated - see below)

2:30 Reconvene

2:45 Cancer Survivors Can! LIVESTRONG at the YMCA 

     Judy Cerrito, Coordinator, LIVESTRONG at the YMCA of Greater Providence, RI

 3:45 Wrap-up & Evaluations

Morning & Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

Available at 11:30 a.m. (A,B,C,D)  and 1:30 p.m. (E,F,G,H)

Practical Resources to Address the Four Dimensions of Survivorship:
Physical, Psychosocial, Spiritual, Financial Needs

Physical

A. & E. Cancer Treatment Summary: Taking the First Step Toward Survivorship Care Plans  

Barbara Kimball, BSN, MBA, OCN, Nashua Regional Cancer Center

Become familiar with a new tool to assist you and/or your organization in taking the first steps to comply with the CoC’s new standards pertaining to Survivorship Care Plans.

Psychosocial

B. & F. Implementing Distress Screening in Your Facility – Keeping it Simple and Meaningful

Panel Facilitator: Christine Howard, MSW, LICSW, Oncology Resource Coordinator, Elliot Regional Cancer Center

Natalie Riblet, MD, Resident in Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Barbara Umansky, OSW-C, The Lahey Center for Oncology and Hematology at Parkland Medical Center

Participate in an interactive discussion about implementing distress screening: who will do it, when the screening should take place, what tool to use, and how to document and monitor that screening and follow-up are taking place.

Spiritual

C. & G. Supporting the Search for Meaning Among Cancer Survivors

Panel Facilitator: Karen A. Skalla, MSN, APRN, AOCN, Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center/Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Connie Moser, M.Div., Spiritual Counselor/Bereavement Program Coordinator, Bayada Hospice, VT

Timothy Wildman, D.Min, Licensed Pastoral Psychotherapist

Nancy Wood, M.Div., BCC, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene

Learn about patterns among the spiritual journeys of cancer survivors and explore ways to facilitate spiritual growth by utilizing a variety of spiritual care providers. Indications for referrals and local resources will be reviewed.

Financial

D. & H. Social Security Disability Insurance Options; Pharmaceutical Assistance for Patients 

Michael D. Wilmoth, Esq., Principal & Chief Development Officer, Advanced Patient Advocacy, LLC

Help your patients and their families get the financial assistance, medical coverage and prescriptions they need to fight cancer. Learn more about the Social Security disability process and how your patients may qualify for coverage through Social Security assistance programs.

Overall Objectives

You will be able to:

• Describe accomplishments of the NH CCC and priorities of the 2010-2014 New Hampshire Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan;
• Describe broad needs of survivors and national efforts to address these needs;
• Describe revisions in the CoC Standards and the revision process;
• Explain the principal accomplishments of the new standards;
• Identify the five most “patient-centered” standards and compliance requirements for each program;
• Identify resources available to implement the CoC standards; and
• Identify tools and resources available to address the needs of survivors.

Plenary Speakers

Rebecca Kirch, JD

Rebecca Kirch is Director of Quality of Life & Survivorship for the National Home Office of the American Cancer Society in Washington D.C. She provides strategic direction to bridge the Society’s survivorship-related research, policy, and program initiatives. Ms. Kirch also serves as a quality cancer care knowledge expert for the Society’s advocacy initiatives and activities to improve quality of life and reduce suffering for patients, survivors, and caregivers.

Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD, FACS

Dr. Diana Dickson-Witmer is Associate Medical Director at the Christiana Care Breast Center at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center in Newark, Delaware. She is a member of the Cancer Care Standards Development CoC Research Program and served as Vice-Chair of CoC 2012 Standards Revision Committee.

Teresa Ponn, MD, FACS

Dr. Teresa Ponn is a surgeon at the Elliot Breast Health Center in Manchester, NH. She is the New Hampshire State Chair for the CoC and has been a member of the Board of Directors for the New Hampshire Comprehensive Cancer Collaboration since 2009. Dr. Ponn currently serves as Medical Advisory Committee Chair for the NH CCC.

Judy Cerrito 

Judy Cerrito is Coordinator for the LIVESTRONG program at the YMCA of Greater Providence in Rhode Island. Ms. Cerrito, a cancer survivor and fitness instructor, helped develop a program for other survivors. She subsequently worked with Stanford University in California and was selected by the Lance Armstrong Foundation to take part in a strength and fitness initiative for cancer survivors. Ms. Cerrito is a member of the Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island.

Education Credits

Nursing

The Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Hampshire Nurses’ Association Commission on Continuing Education, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This continuing education activity has been approved for 4.5 contact hours. Activity Number: 1033

Physicians

The Southern NH Area Health Education Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Certified Health Education Specialists

Sponsored by the Southern NH Area Health Education Center, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., this program is designated for Certified Health Education Speciaists and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists to receive up to 4.5 total Catelgory I continuing education contact hours. SNHAHEC Provider Number: MEP3658

Social Workers 

Please contact Christina Patenaude at 603.895.1514 x3 for more information about National Association of Social Workers (NASW) credit designation for this activity.

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