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Increasing Healthcare Providers’ Documentation Of Advance Directives In A Primary Care Setting, Ashley Wellman
Increasing Healthcare Providers’ Documentation Of Advance Directives In A Primary Care Setting, Ashley Wellman
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Background: Advance directives (ADs) are a proactive, patient-centered tool to facilitate communication about end-of-life wishes between patients, family members, and healthcare providers. Increased importance on ADs is now emphasized in primary care settings; however, findings from recent studies indicate poor documentation of AD discussions or decisions in primary care.
Purpose: To assess current AD documentation practices in an internal medicine primary care department and to explore provider perceptions of facilitators and barriers for discussion and documentation of end-of-life preferences.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in three phases: 1) assessment of current state of AD documentation by retrospective chart review …