This non-interruptive, digitally embedded clinical care pathway provided guidance for ED physicians and APPs to initiate hospice referrals. More patients received social work consultation and were identified as hospice eligible. Those patients admitted to the hospital had a decrease in both ED and hospital admission LOS.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- palliative care
- healthcare
- advanced cancer
- adverse drug
- end stage renal disease
- acute care
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- pain management
- patient reported outcomes
- affordable care act
- patient reported
- electronic health record
- health insurance