Project Overview
The goal of the National Advanced Illness Coordinated Care Council was to promote peaceful dying and to
bridge the gap between good advanced illness/end-of-life care and its
practice. The NAICC accomplished this goal by developing, implementing
and evaluating practical, affordable and immediately usable advanced
illness coordinated care (AICCC) programs within health systems and health
plans. The AICCC is affiliated with the Life Institute, VA Health Care Network, Upstate NY and Dartmouth Medical School.
AICCC programs use a nurse or medical social worker trained in standard models to support the physician and to provide psychosocial support for patients facing advanced illness and their families. The AICCC program is a six-visit intervention of structured conversations and specialized care coordination for patients with advanced illness and their families.
For more information contact:
Dan Tobin, M.D.
Director, Section of Palliative Care
The Life Institute/VA Health Care Network
113 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208-0980
(518) 626-6087
Email: TobinDR@aol.com
Web Site: www.coordinatedcare.net
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.