The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and exacerbated challenges in caring for people of all ages with serious illness. The response to many of these challenges involved rapid innovation and as such provides valuable lessons learned that will likely significantly alter the field of serious illness care in the post-pandemic era. The Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness will host a virtual workshop to provide a neutral venue for stakeholders in serious illness care to consider the lessons learned from the pandemic in order to continually improve care for people with serious illness in the future.
The virtual workshop will be held over three webinars in November.
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and host a 1.5-day public workshop to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on serious illness care and consider lessons learned and future directions, with specific focus on health care access, health equity, and innovative responses to care in the context of the pandemic.
The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that may include:
Delivery of person-centered, family-oriented care
Clinician-Patient-Family communication and advance care planning
Professional education and development
Policies and payment systems
Public education and engagement
The planning committee will develop the agenda for the workshop, select speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Please visit NASEM’s Caring for People with Serious Illness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Workshop on Lessons Learned and Future Directions site for more information.