Featured Video: Clarity Amid Crises
Systemic injustices have plagued healthcare for generations. Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM, a leading voice in our field, delivered the opening keynote of the 2020 C-TAC Summit, outlining strategies for tackling endemic racism and sexism in our field.
To access all other Summit recordings and resources on-demand, click here.
C-TAC works to improve advanced illness care in a fragmented system of care that is often uncoordinated and confusing.
Get the facts about advanced illness care
Many assume that when faced with advanced illness they will be able to…
Be at home, with family and friends
See the Reality
Just 15% of patients who need home-based primary care actually receive it
Manage their pain
See the Reality
76.2 million Americans, one in every four, have pain lasting longer than 24 hours. Millions more suffer from acute pain
Address their spiritual wants and needs
See the Reality
Research shows most patients have spiritual needs and feel physicians should inquire about them, yet less than 1% report that their doctors did so
Avoid financially burdening their loved ones
See the Reality
Medical care is often much more expensive than expected and becomes a burden to families left behind
Key Initiatives
C-TAC advances our mission through these key initiatives.
Policy &
Advocacy
We continue to pursue legislative and regulatory strategies on both the federal and state level to support a robust advocacy effort, and ensure that those living with advanced illness have access to high-quality, person-centered care.
Measuring Progress
We cannot make progress if we cannot measure it. Our Advanced Care Transformation IndexSM offers an in-depth look at the quality of serious illness care on the state level and can help chart a course for improvement in communities nationwide.
State and Community Organizing
Transformation of advanced care happens on the ground with people working with their clinicians, local health providers, and community institutions. We support state coalitions and provide them with a framework for how to organize.
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C-TAC represents more than 170 national and regional organizations dedicated to ensuring that Americans with serious illness receive care consistent with their values and that honors their dignity. Are you with us?
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