Participating Organizations in 2009:
- 80 national organizations
- At least 700 state and local organizations
- Activities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
- The US Army and Navy are conducting activities at bases around the world
- Click here to view the complete listing of organizations
- Several states and local jurisdictions established proclamations officially recognizing National Healthcare Decisions Day
Activity in The First Two Years:
- Survey results from less than half of participating organizations indicated over 600,000 facility/organization staff members received NHDD/AD information or training, over 130,000 members of the general public participated in NHDD events and/or were known to have received advance directive information, and roughly 10,000 advance directives were completed on NHDD alone!
- There was a variety of coverage in newspapers, TV, radio, and the internet.
Free information:
National Audio Web Seminar Held on March 19, 2008:
- Title: National Healthcare Decisions Day 2008: The Law, the Talk and the Care
- 533 participating sites in 49 states
- More than 2106 registrants requesting professional continuing education credit
- Available for free downloading: http://www.mcguirewoods.com/media/default.asp (password: mwmedia)
Congressional Action
- In 2008, both houses of Congress issued proclamations for the event (S.Con.Res.73 & H.Con.Res.323)
Chair of National Healthcare Decisions Day:
Nathan Kottkamp
McGuireWoods LLP
One James Center, 901 East Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23219-4030
Ph: 804.775.1092 ◊ Fax: 804.698.2072
nkottkamp@mcguirewoods.com