Cambia Health Foundation Announces $10 Million Endowment to the Palliative Care Center of Excellence
Earlier this week, Cambia Health Foundation announced a $10 million endowment to the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle for its Palliative Care Center of Excellence. The gift will secure the future of the center to continue employing research and education to improve quality of life for patients who need palliative care. The center will be renamed the "Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence.
Earlier this week, Cambia Health Foundation announced a $10 million endowment to the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle for its Palliative Care Center of Excellence. The gift will secure the future of the center to continue employing research and education to improve quality of life for patients who need palliative care. The center will be renamed the "Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence."
Cambia Health Foundation is the corporate foundation of Cambia Health Solutions, a total health solutions company dedicated to transforming the way people experience health care. The foundation has supported the advancement of palliative care since 2009. This gift is the foundation’s largest investment to date, bringing total funding for regional and national palliative care programs and initiatives to just over $22 million.
“The Cambia Palliative Care Center for Excellence at UW Medicine has quickly become a role model for best practices in palliative care education, metrics and implementation, and we are proud of our ongoing partnership,” said Peggy Maguire, president and board chair of the Cambia Health Foundation. “This investment underscores our belief that, together, the foundation and the Cambia Palliative Care Center for Excellence will be a catalyst for growth and innovation in the field of palliative medicine, both regionally and nationally.”
This transformative investment at UW Medicine will be used to create three endowments totaling $8 million, which will support research, education and training, and clinical leadership in perpetuity. An additional $2 million will enable the center to have an immediate impact on improving care. The center’s goal is to see that palliative care has an integral and prominent role in healthcare — regionally, nationally and internationally — for seriously ill patients and their families. “The Cambia Health Foundation has provided truly visionary support for palliative care,” says Paul G. Ramsey, M.D., the CEO of UW Medicine. “Their belief in our work has allowed us to succeed, and we are enormously grateful for their partnership in enhancing research, education and excellent patient-centered palliative care programs at UW Medicine.”
For the full press release, head over to the Cambia Health Foundation website.
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