Communication about serious illness care goals: a review and synthesis of best practices
RE Bernacki, SD Block - JAMA internal medicine, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
An understanding of patients' care goals in the context of a serious illness is an essential
element of high-quality care, allowing clinicians to align the care provided with what is most …
element of high-quality care, allowing clinicians to align the care provided with what is most …
Advance care planning in the elderly
Advance care planning (ACP) allows individuals to specify in advance how they want to be
treated should serious illness prevent them from being able to make decisions or …
treated should serious illness prevent them from being able to make decisions or …
Assessment of natural language processing of electronic health records to measure goals-of-care discussions as a clinical trial outcome
RY Lee, EK Kross, J Torrence, KS Li, J Sibley… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many clinical trial outcomes are documented in free-text electronic health
records (EHRs), making manual data collection costly and infeasible at scale. Natural …
records (EHRs), making manual data collection costly and infeasible at scale. Natural …
Provider tools for advance care planning and goals of care discussions: a systematic review
J Myers, R Cosby, D Gzik, I Harle… - American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Advance care planning and goals of care discussions involve the exploration
of what is most important to a person, including their values and beliefs in preparation for …
of what is most important to a person, including their values and beliefs in preparation for …
Use of the physician orders for life‐sustaining treatment program in the clinical setting: a systematic review of the literature
SE Hickman, E Keevern… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a palliative care tool
that contains standardized, actionable medical orders. It is designed to ensure that patient …
that contains standardized, actionable medical orders. It is designed to ensure that patient …
Improving communication about serious illness in primary care: a review
Importance The Institute of Medicine recently called for systematic improvements in clinician-
led conversations about goals, values, and care preferences for patients with serious and …
led conversations about goals, values, and care preferences for patients with serious and …
[HTML][HTML] Quality of life and cost of care at the end of life: the role of advance directives
MM Garrido, TA Balboni, PK Maciejewski, Y Bao… - Journal of pain and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Context Advance directives (ADs) are expected to improve patients' end-of-life
outcomes, but retrospective analyses, surrogate recall of patients' preferences, and selection …
outcomes, but retrospective analyses, surrogate recall of patients' preferences, and selection …
Utilizing the electronic health record to improve advance care planning: a systematic review
MT Huber, JD Highland… - American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: Advance care planning may ensure care that is concordant with patient wishes.
However, advance care plans are frequently absent when needed due to failure to engage …
However, advance care plans are frequently absent when needed due to failure to engage …
Implementation of advance care planning in oncology: a review of the literature
CM Bestvina, BN Polite - Journal of Oncology Practice, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Advance care planning (ACP) should be initiated early and be readdressed often for
patients with cancer. This directive is expressed in the Institute of Medicine's report,“Dying in …
patients with cancer. This directive is expressed in the Institute of Medicine's report,“Dying in …
Understanding and addressing challenges for advance care planning in the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the UK CovPall survey data from specialist palliative …
A Bradshaw, L Dunleavy, C Walshe… - Palliative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Specialist palliative care services play an important role in conducting advance
care planning during COVID-19. Little is known about the challenges to advance care …
care planning during COVID-19. Little is known about the challenges to advance care …