Quality of Serious Illness Communication with Hospitalized Limited English Proficient Patients: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Serious Illness Conversation Guide was developed to support high quality goals of care conversations with seriously ill patients; however, guide implementation for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) has not been studied. This evaluation aimed to explore serious illness conversations with hospitalized LEP patients, defined as those with a non-English language documented, from clinician and interpreter perspectives; and assess differences in documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR) as a quality improvement effort.

Methods

Parallel mixed methods evaluation including thematic analysis of observations and interviews with medical interpreters (n = 14), occupational therapists (n = 9), registered dietitians (n = 6), and r

SUBMITTER: Holdsworth LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12410327 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature