Systemwide Advance Care Planning During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Impact on Patient Outcomes and Cost

All too often, patients have not documented their end-of-life wishes before facing a medical crisis, leading to unnecessary misery for themselves and stress on their families and caregivers. WellSpan Health found new ways to tackle advance care planning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Patients with se...

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Autores principales: Bhatia, Vipul, Geidner, Roberta, Mirchandani, Kamna, Huang, Yue, Warraich, Haider J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Massachusetts Medical Society 2021
Materias:
In Depth
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372989/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/CAT.21.0188
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Sumario:All too often, patients have not documented their end-of-life wishes before facing a medical crisis, leading to unnecessary misery for themselves and stress on their families and caregivers. WellSpan Health found new ways to tackle advance care planning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Patients with severe Covid-19 cases who did proactive advance care planning avoided unwanted interventions in their final days.

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