Educational Interventions to Improve Advance Care Planning Discussions, Documentation and Billing.

Cristine B HenageJ Marvin McBrideJoseph PinoJessica WilliamsJill VedoviNicole CannadyLiz Riley BunoToni ChatmanJan Busby-WhiteheadEllen Roberts

Published in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2020)

Implementing ACP education for all clinic staff, planning for workflow changes to involve the entire interprofessional team and supporting ACP activities with quality improvement coaching leads to statistically significant improvements in the frequency of ACP discussions, the number of ACP documents included in the electronic medical record and number of ACP encounters billed.

Keyphrases

advance care planning
quality improvement
patient safety
healthcare
primary care
electronic health record
physical activity
palliative care
nursing students