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

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To determine the impact of educational interventions, clinic workflow redesign, and quality improvement coaching on the frequency of advance care planning (ACP) activities for patients over the age of 65.

Design

Nonrandomized before-and-after study.

Setting

13 ambulatory care clinics with 81 primary care providers in eastern and central North Carolina.

Participants

Patients across 13 primary care clinics staffed by 66 physicians, 8 physician assistants and 7 family nurse practitioners.

Interventions

Interprofessional, interactive ACP training for the entire interprofessional team and quality improvement project management with an emphasis on workflow redesign.

Measurements

From July 2017 through June 2018-number of ACP discus

SUBMITTER: Henage CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7944431 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature