Members of the KC Society of Palliative Medicine do many things to help the field of hospice and palliative medicine grow.

Helped open multiple inpatient hospice units in the Kansas City metro
Teach at all three medical schools in the Kansas City metro
Pediatric hospice and palliative care programs
One of the Midwest's oldest and largest hospice and palliative medicine fellowships
Local, regional, national and international presentations on pain and symptom management, communication and more
Representation on the Institute of Medicine committee on Dying in America
Multiple leadership positions with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Support for the Transportable Physician Orders of Patient Preference (POLST paradigm)
Published research in JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Social/digital media leadership in healthcare through website development and online chats
Federal and State advocacy efforts on behalf of palliative care and hospice