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A $5 million grant seeks to develop new, more efficient approaches to learn from the care delivered to patients across the University of Pennsylvania Health Sys
A $5 million grant seeks to develop new, more efficient approaches to learn from the care delivered to patients across the University of Pennsylvania Health Sys
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Ordering palliative care consultation by default increases the rate of consultation but does not reduce the length of stay for older hospitalized patients with advanced chronic illness, according to a study published in the Jan. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Katherine R. Courtright,
Shifting from an opt-in to an opt-out approach boosted palliative care consults from 16.6% of eligible patients to 43.9%, the investigators found.
Ordering a palliative care consultation by “default” – via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if the