Implementation of a palliative care consultation trigger tool for hospitalised patients with acute decompensated heart failure

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作者
Bhattacharya, Adhiraj [1 ]
Chakrabarty, Satyaki [2 ]
Cabrales, Jose [3 ]
VanHorn, Alixis [4 ]
Lemoine, Jaclyn [5 ]
Tsao, Lana [6 ]
Jaber, Bertrand L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Tufts Univ, St Elizabeths Med Ctr, Dept Med, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02155 USA
[2] Univ Massachusetts, Div Nephrol, Mem Med Ctr, Worcester, MA USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Div Nephrol, Stanford, CA USA
[4] St Elizabeths Med Ctr, Palliat Care Serv, Boston, MA USA
[5] St Elizabeths Med Ctr, Div Cardiovasc Med, Boston, MA USA
[6] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Div Cardiovasc Med, Boston, MA USA
关键词
palliative care; healthcare quality improvement; advance directives; chronic disease management; health professions education; AMERICAN-COLLEGE; MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE;
D O I
10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002330
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalisations. Integration of palliative care services with medical therapy in the management of hospitalised patients with heart failure is imperative. Unfortunately, there are no standardised criteria for palliative care referrals among hospitalised patients with acute decompensated heart failure. The objective of our quality improvement project was to develop and implement a palliative care consult trigger tool for hospitalised patients with acute decompensated heart failure. We found that among eligible patients, palliative care referrals were underused, likely contributing to misalignment of goals of care and suboptimal advance care planning. We developed a trigger tool and designed and implemented structured multicomponent educational interventions to improve the appropriateness and timeliness of inpatient palliative care consultations in this high-risk population. The educational interventions led to a significant increase in the rate of appropriate inpatient palliative care consultations among hospitalised patients with acute decompensated heart failure (46.3% vs 27.7%; p=0.02). In addition, palliative care referrals resulted in better alignment of goals of care at the time of hospital discharge, as measured by a significant increase in the completion rate of a healthcare proxy form (11.4% vs 47.2%; p<0.001) and a Medical Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form (2.0% vs 24.1%; p<0.001), as well as the establishment of a Do-Not-Resuscitate order (2.7% vs 29.6%; p<0.001). Furthermore, the intervention resulted in a significant decrease in the hospital readmission rate up to 90 days post-discharge (43.6% vs 8.3%; p<0.001). This quality improvement project calls for the development and adoption of standardised criteria for palliative care referrals to benefit hospitalised patients with heart failure and reduce symptom burden, align goals of care and improve quality of life.
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