Improving advance care planning for UICC Oncology patients.

Authors

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Gowri Ramadas

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Gowri Ramadas, Janet Golick, Polina Gorodinsky, Udai Jayakumar, Neriza Dumayas, Greg Branen, Lydia Quinones, Hope Engeseth, Neeta K. Venepalli

Organizations

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, University Of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) in the ambulatory setting is underutilized and poorly documented at the University of Illinois Cancer Center (UICC). A baseline 8 week review noted 8.8% of metastatic solid tumor patients had ACP documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR) by the third visit and 23% in the previous two visits. Our aim was to increase ACP documentation to 75% of UICC metastatic solid tumor patient charts by the third visit through development of a standardized process for ACP discussion and documentation. Methods: A multidisciplinary team of oncology physicians, nurses, social workers (SW), and palliative care created a process map of ACP discussion. A new process for SW consults was piloted over 6 weeks. Additionally, all clinic staff participated in a standardized curriculum for ACP discussions. Post intervention data was prospectively collected over six weeks. Results: Total 94 encounters occurred during the pilot evaluating ACP in metastatic solid tumor patients of which 37/55 (39.4%) had documented ACP discussion. SW consults occurred in 18/94 (19.1%), leading to 18/18 (100%) with Power of Attorney (POA) forms in EMR. Evaluation by tumor subtypes showed 14/21 (66.7%) of gastrointestinal patients had ACP documentation with 9/21 (42.9%) with SW consults leading to 11/21 (52.4%) with POA forms in EMR. Of 39 total thoracic patients, 19/39 (48.7%) had ACP documentation of which 9/39 (23%) with SW consults and 7/39 (17.9%) with POA forms in EMR. Conclusions: UICC successfully piloted the creation and implementation of a process for ACP consults and standardization of ACP discussion and EMR documentation. While our initial aim of 75% a chart was not reached, the piloted process increased SW consults and completion of POA forms, as well as greater multidisciplinary effort and patient engagement. Compared to the pilot period, a multidisciplinary approach and use of the new process did improve ACP documentation. We plan to expand to all metastatic patients.

Improvement in documentation over UICC.
Total GI Thoracic
Baseline 8.8% 6.7% 12.5%
Post-intervention 39.4% 66.7% 48.7%

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2014 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

General Poster Session A: Science of Quality and Cost, Value, and Policy in Quality

Track

Science of Quality,Cost, Value, and Policy in Quality

Sub Track

Quality Improvement

Citation

J Clin Oncol 32, 2014 (suppl 30; abstr 234)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2014.32.30_suppl.234

Abstract #

234

Poster Bd #

D23

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