4 barriers to goals of care discussions between physicians, patients and families Working with seriously ill hospitalized patients and their families to discuss goals of care can be a very difficult ...

As noted in the first article in this series, traditional value-based (VBC) care models are largely focused on economic incentives to healthcare providers and facilities. Many VBC organizations lack ...

With these strategies, Altais is creating a blueprint for the future—one where healthcare is efficient, compassionate, and accessible to all. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Documentation of specific goals-of-care details, such priorities, trade-offs and family involvement, can ...

Conducting goals of care conversations (GOCC) with specialty palliative consults (SPC) was associated with lower cost-related outcomes for both patients and hospitals, according to a September study ...

It is important that a healthcare team is aware of and understands a patient's goals of care, both medical and personal. But that information, if documented, typically is not placed in a standardized ...

Just 29% of patients listed a treatment-response goal among their top personal goals. The goals of people with advanced lung cancer undergoing first-line therapy tend to be focused on relationships ...

Patient and staff safety goals are top of mind for many nurse leaders, with hospital-acquired infections and fall prevention being two of the most common measures leaders are tackling. In August, ...

A significant discordance exists between patient preferences and received care in advanced cancer, with 37% receiving life-extending treatment despite preferring comfort-focused care. No survival ...

Clinicians agreed that advance care planning and symptom management improve outcomes and are a critical piece of cancer ...

Among seriously ill patients who preferred comfort care, those with cancer were nearly twice as likely as those with other diseases to report receiving life-extending care instead, according to a new ...

New research indicates that many patients with advanced cancer report receiving treatment focusing on longevity over comfort, even when their goal is the opposite. The findings are published in Cancer ...