Search results for "End-of-Life Care"
The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in the ICU
Case study: The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in the ICU. ... But the single most important concern of many patients near the end of life is the well-being of their loved ones and most would not favor a decision-making path
February 2008
Pandemic provides impetus for POLSTs
To improve documentation of end-of-life care preferences for patients at high COVID-19 risk, one practice increased its use of POLST forms. ... First, they launched a training program for clinicians to review POLST principles and complete online modules
January 2022
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
10, 2019. “Toolkit on Issues in Delivering Patient-Centered End-of-Life Care and Responding to a Request for Physician-Assisted Suicide” was developed for ACP members and includes links to ... information on advance care planning, team-based care at
September 2019
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP recognizes the importance of the performance measurement field in the changing health care environment. ... The College's goal is to encourage the use of high-quality, evidence-based performance measures to optimally guide the improvement of the
February 2019
QD: News Every Day--Whistling by the graveyard on end-of-life care
QD: News Every Day--Whistling by the graveyard on end-of-life care. The Obama administration dropped payment for end-of-life counseling from Medicare's annual exam, a move that ... The regulation provided reimbursement for time spent on voluntary advance
January 2022
QD: News Every Day--Meet comfort, spiritual needs for best end-of-life care
QD: News Every Day--Meet comfort, spiritual needs for best end-of-life care. ... Attending to a comfortable environment and spiritual needs explain the biggest variances in quality of care at the end of life, a study found.
January 2022
QD: News Every Day--14 quality measures endorsed for palliative, end-of-life care
QD: News Every Day--14 quality measures endorsed for palliative, end-of-life care. ... 0208: Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (NHPCO) (maintenance). 1632: CARE--Consumer Assessments and Reports of End of Life (Center for Gerontology and Health Care
January 2022
End-of-life care costs: Does your doctor know when you're going to die?
End-of-life care costs: Does your doctor know when you're going to die? ... One interesting comment I have seen come up over and over is the idea that end-of-life costs are the thing that is spiraling out of control and that if
January 2022
End of life care: the feeding tube frenzy
End of life care: the feeding tube frenzy. Okay, readers, how many of you desire to have a feeding tube inserted into your belly one day? ... Do we want to deprive a patient of any of life's remaining pleasures, when so few of them are remaining?
January 2022
Advance directives are the beginning of care, not the end
One of the most difficult decisions that patients, families and physicians face involves end-of-life care. ... This change in preferences around end-of-life care is not unusual. A study led by Terri Fried, MD, of Yale University, an expert in end-of-life
July 2012