Driving communication forward: improving communication for palliative care patients around driving and opioids - a quality improvement report.
Seline Ismail-CallaghanMegan HowarthRebecca AllanNicola DaveyStephanie Amanda Meddick-DysonPublished in: BMJ open quality (2023)
Use of quality improvement change methods have resulted in the successful integration of new interventions to increase discussions around driving when prescribed opioids. A previously overlooked issue in this facility, thus improving clinical and patient information sharing, and patient empowerment to take charge of their own health.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- health information
- chronic pain
- case report
- pain management
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- public health
- peritoneal dialysis
- mental health
- prognostic factors
- social media
- patient safety
- patient reported outcomes
- long term care