Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation Tool: Leaders Need to do More than HOPE
Webinar August 7, 2025 9:30 AM-11:30 AM
Participants will gain insight into the operational challenges associated with integrating the HOPE tool into existing workflows, including staff training, documentation alignment, and technology integration. The session will also explore best practices and strategic approaches to streamline implementation, reduce staff burden and ensure accurate, efficient data collection. Key strategies will include assessing organizational readiness, leveraging technology, and supporting compliance efforts to drive a culture of quality care.
Objectives:
Faculty:
Katherine Morrison, RN, MSN, CHPN, CCS-HH is the Director of Hospice Consulting Operations for WellSky, is an RN and holds a Master of Science in Nursing with a major in Nursing Informatics and a focus on Homeland Security. She has served in advancing levels of hospice leadership within large, multi-site health systems both in the Midwest and on the eastern seaboard and has extensive expertise in regulatory, compliance, and operational issues. As the subject matter expert for WellSky, Ms. Morrison monitors the changing economic and regulatory changes that impact all areas of hospice. She is a passionate advocate for patients and providers of palliative care and hospice. Ms. Morrison holds a certificate in hospice compliance from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse (CHPN) and an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) trainer.
Continuing Education:
This education has been approved for 2 nursing CEs. WellSky is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).
