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December 2014 Issue #24
Another Successful Schwartz Center Dinner! Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 19th Annual Kenneth B.Schwartz Compassionate Healthcare Dinner on Thursday, November20, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. More than 1,800guests attended, including caregivers, CEOs and senior leaders fromhospitals, health plans, healthrelated associations, and biotech,pharmaceutical and device companies. These attendees joined us incelebrating the importance of compassionate care and the beginning ofthe Schwartz Center's 20th year. The event recognized caregivers forthe amazing work they do each day, and raised more than $1M tosupport the mission of the Schwartz Center, thanks in large part to ourDinner Chairs and Event Committee. Read More | Photos | Videos
Above: Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award Finalis ts and
Schwartz Center Leadership
2014 Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award
Save the Dates!
Compassion in ActionWebinar
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015
4:00 5:00 PM ET"Navigating Discussions ofPrognosis: Balancing Hope and Honesty"
2015 Celebration of Women
in Healthcare
Wednesday, May 20, 20155:00 7 :30 PMTufts Health Plan
7 05 Mount Auburn Street
Thea James, MD, the recipient of the2014 Schwartz Center CompassionateCaregiver Award®, has dedicated her lifeto reducing community violence andhealthcare disparities among vulnerablepopulations. Dr. James practices emergency medicineat Boston Medical Center and cofoundedits Violence Intervention AdvocacyProgram, which provides victims andperpetrators of violence with servicesthat facilitate healing and discourageretaliation. "She has a natural ability to normalizeevents for people in crisis, and provide asafe environment free of judgment,shame and fear," says a colleague of Dr.
James. Read More
The Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award is made possiblethrough the generous support of:
The Launch of Our 20th Anniversary Year
Since the Schwartz Center was founded20 years ago, our healthcare systemhas changed dramatically . What hasn'tchanged is the importance of thepatientcaregiver relationship. As KenSchwartz taught us, a strong humanconnection is fundamental to highquality healthcare and something thateach and every one of us wants for
ourselves and the people we love. Compassion is what motivates ourwork each and every day. Thank you for continuing to stand by us andfor believing in the power of compassion.
Honor a Compassionate Caregiver This holiday season, give a gift that counts by honoring acompassionate caregiver who has made a difference in your life or inthe life of a loved one.
Be inspired! Watch little Foster's story about the compassionate careprovided to him and his family .
Watertown, MA
20th Annual Kenneth B.Schwartz Compassionate
Healthcare Dinner
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015Details to come!
Sharing Our Commitments
Our guiding commitments to makethe U.S. healthcare system morecompassionate have beenpublished in the Journal of PatientExperience, reaching patientexperience leaders in healthcareorganizations across the country.To show your support forcompassionate care, please signour Call to Action at:
committocompassion.org
Schwartz Center Leaders in the News
Congratulations to the Bostonwomen recognized by the BostonGlobe for their leadership,including Schwartz Center cofounder Kate Walsh, LeadershipCouncil members JoyceMurphy and Andrea Cohen,and dinner cochair and supporterKaren Kaplan.
And kudos to Joyce Murphy forbeing honored as a recipient of theMassachusetts Health Council'sOutstanding Leadership award forher resolve to increase access tohealthcare for the underservedand highrisk populations.
Your Gift Counts
Help support our programs incompassionate healthcare!
We Want Your Feedback
Compassion in Action: A Q&A with Jon DuBois, MD We caught up with Dr. Jon DuBois,medical director of the Mass GeneralCancer Center at Emerson HospitalBethke, for his thoughts on whatinspired him to pursue a career inmedicine, why compassionate carematters, the difference the SchwartzCenter Rounds® makes for caregivers,and advice for young cliniciansinterested in medicine and patientcare.
"Compassionate care is being there inthe moment for the patient. I thinkwhat is critical to the patientcaregiverrelationship is the caregiveracknowledging, addressing and respecting the patient's needs andagenda, not just walking into the room to fulfill the medical orcaregiver agenda," says Dr. DuBois. Read More
Schwartz Center Membership Expands into Canada We're pleased to announce that the Schwartz Center Rounds®membership program has expanded into Canada, and our first memberis Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital! We now have morethan 350 members in the US and Canada, and more than 7 0 sitesconducting the Schwartz Center Rounds program in the UnitedKingdom through our collaboration with The Point of Care Foundation. Above (LR): Holland Bloorview leaders Nancy Killey, Judy Hunter, NancySearl, and Darlene Doyle, and Schw artz Center s taff members Margie Stanz lerand Robin Hasenfeld, PhD
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Events CoordinatorGift OfficerInterns
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Schwartz Center Collaborates with PatientsLikeMe We're partnering with PatientsLikeMeto better understand patients' perceptions ofcompassionate care, with the goal ofstrengthening the relationships betweenpatients and their caregivers.PatientsLikeMe is an online community of300,000+ patients worldwide and a research platform that advancesmedicine. We plan to gather feedback on our proposed SchwartzCenter Compassionate Care Scale™, which we hope healthcareorganizations will use. Read our joint press release
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