The quality imperative for palliative care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 243-253

  Kamal, Arif H ^a,b   Hanson, Laura C ^c   Casarett, David J ^d   Dy, Sydney M ^e   Pantilat, Steven Z ^f   Lupu, Dale ^g   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

palliative care; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LONG TERM CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921728714     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. R.S. Morrison, C. Maroney-Galin, P.D. Kralovec, and D.E. Meier The growth of palliative care programs in United States hospitals J Palliat Med 8 2005 1127 1134
2. D.E. Meier Increased access to palliative care and hospice services: opportunities to improve value in health care Milbank Q 89 2011 343 380
3. D.H. Taylor Jr. Palliative care and the search for value in health reform N C Med J 72 2011 229 231
4. A.H. Kamal, D.C. Currow, and C. Ritchie The value of data collection within a palliative care program Curr Oncol Rep 13 2011 308 315
5. R. Carter Cicely Saunders - founder of the hospice movement: selected letters 1959-1999 J R Soc Med 96 2003 149 151
6. F. Mullan A founder of quality assessment encounters a troubled system firsthand Health Aff (Millwood) 20 2001 137 141
7. National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for quality palliative care: executive summary J Palliat Med 7 2004 611 627
8. National Quality Forum A national framework for preferred practices for palliative and hospice care quality 2006 National Quality Forum Washington, DC
9. M.N. Neuss, C.E. Desch, and K.K. McNiff A process for measuring the quality of cancer care: the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative J Clin Oncol 23 2005 6233 6239
10. D.W. Blayney, J. Severson, and C.J. Martin Michigan oncology practices showed varying adherence rates to practice guidelines, but quality interventions improved care Health Aff (Millwood) 31 2012 718 728
11. D.W. Blayney, P.J. Stella, and T. Ruane Partnering with payers for success: quality oncology practice initiative, blue cross blue shield of Michigan, and the Michigan oncology quality consortium J Oncol Pract 5 2009 281 284
12. D.E. Weissman, and D.E. Meier Identifying patients in need of a palliative care assessment in the hospital setting: a consensus report from the Center to Advance Palliative Care J Palliat Med 14 2011 17 23
13. D.E. Weissman, R.S. Morrison, and D.E. Meier Center to Advance Palliative Care palliative care clinical care and customer satisfaction metrics consensus recommendations J Palliat Med 13 2010 179 184
14. D.E. Weissman, and D.E. Meier Center to Advance Palliative Care inpatient unit operational metrics: consensus recommendations J Palliat Med 12 2009 21 25
15. D.E. Weissman, D.E. Meier, and L.H. Spragens Center to Advance Palliative Care palliative care consultation service metrics: consensus recommendations J Palliat Med 11 2008 1294 1298
16. J.S. Temel, J.A. Greer, and A. Muzikansky Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer N Engl J Med 363 2010 733 742
17. C. Zimmermann, N. Swami, and M. Krzyzanowska Early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: a cluster-randomised controlled trial Lancet 383 2014 1721 1730
18. M. Bakitas, K.D. Lyons, and M.T. Hegel Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: the Project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial JAMA 302 2009 741 749
19. D.E. Meier, and L. Beresford Outpatient clinics are a new frontier for palliative care J Palliat Med 11 2008 823 828
20. A.H. Kamal, D.C. Currow, C.S. Ritchie, J. Bull, and A.P. Abernethy Community-based palliative care: the natural evolution for palliative care delivery in the u.s J Pain Symptom Manage 46 2013 254 264
21. T.R. Dresselhaus, J. Luck, and J.W. Peabody The ethical problem of false positives: a prospective evaluation of physician reporting in the medical record J Med Ethics 28 2002 291 294
22. J. Luck, J.W. Peabody, T.R. Dresselhaus, M. Lee, and P. Glassman How well does chart abstraction measure quality? A prospective comparison of standardized patients with the medical record Am J Med 108 2000 642 649
23. M.D. Merry, and M.G. Crago The past, present and future of health care quality. Urgent need for innovative, external review processes to protect patients Physician Exec 27 2001 30 35
24. J.L. Reinertsen, A.G. Gosfield, W. Rupp, and J.W. Whittington Engaging physicians in a shared quality agenda. IHI Innovation Series white paper 2007 Institute for Healthcare Improvement Cambridge, MA Available at: www.IHI.org Accessed September 26, 2013
25. The Brookings Institution How registries can help performance measurement improve care: a white paper 2010 The Brookings Institution Washington, DC Available at: http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/reports/2010/rwjf61984 Accessed September 26, 2013
26. A.P. Abernethy, L.M. Etheredge, and P.A. Ganz Rapid-learning system for cancer care J Clin Oncol 28 2010 4268 4274
27. J. Hardy, S. Quinn, and B. Fazekas Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy and toxicity of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of cancer pain J Clin Oncol 30 2012 3611 3617
28. T.W. LeBlanc, J.S. Kutner, C.S. Ritchie, and A.P. Abernethy Discontinuation of statins in routine care settings Ann Intern Med 159 2013 74 75
29. E.W. Martin Barriers to hospice: access delayed, access denied Med Health R I 88 2005 117 119
30. K.T. Unroe, M.A. Greiner, K.S. Johnson, L.H. Curtis, and S. Setoguchi Racial differences in hospice use and patterns of care after enrollment in hospice among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure Am Heart J 163 2012 987 993.e3
31. K.S. Johnson, M. Kuchibhatla, D. Tanis, and J.A. Tulsky Racial differences in the growth of noncancer diagnoses among hospice enrollees J Pain Symptom Manage 34 2007 286 293
32. K.S. Johnson, M. Kuchibhatla, D. Tanis, and J.A. Tulsky Racial differences in hospice revocation to pursue aggressive care Arch Intern Med 168 2008 218 224