From the AHAP Blog: Joint Commission releases latest "Speak Up" campaign addition
The Joint Commission has published its latest brochure in its ongoing Speak Up ™ campaign, entitled “Speak Up: What you need to know about your serious illness and palliative care.” The Speak Up program is intended to help raise patient awareness about their health and to help them take ownership of their own care.
This latest brochure, created in conjunction with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Association of Professional Chaplains, Center to Advance Palliative Care, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Lance Armstrong Foundation, National Association of Social Workers, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, is intended to help patients better understand what to expect from their illness and how they and their family members can help lessen the burden of common side effects of palliative care.
For more on this and other Speak Up campaigns, check out The Joint Commission’s website.