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Data Collection and Measurement


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Post Palliative Care Screening Tool JGordon84 2 02/08/2012
Hi all! I am working on a QI project for our Palliative Care Program, we are a consult service at a large teaching institution. The project is aiming towards obtaining consults earlier in the pt's stay. I am hoping to obtain LOS prior to PC consult dat ...
Post Joint Commission Certification for Palliative Care Lustbader 2 02/07/2012
We had our site visit for Joint Commission Advanced Certification for Palliative Care two days ago. It was one of the most validating experiences for our entire palliative care team which began in 2005. The survey process was fair, interesting and ben ...
Post Symptom Assessment for Inpatients Lustbader 2 02/08/2012
What scoring systems are folks using for symptom assessment in hospitalized patients in the electronic medical record? Dana Lustbader MD
Post DRG's to show need for palliative program crledez 2 12/27/2011
I am currently trying to design a business plan to show a need for palliative care at my institution. The quality department is assisting me with collecting data. I was told to come up with a list of 10-20 DRG's that could be associated with patients in n ...
Post Tracking re-admits Deb 2 12/20/2011
Hi, We are looking at tracking hospital readmissions to ID missed referrals. We are trying to come up with criteria to filter the field a little, otherwise we just get all readmissions. Has anyone tried this? What criteria are you using? We hope that we c ...
Post Help in getting a journal Mei 5 12/15/2011
Dear All, I'm a undergraduate in Singapore. Currently, I'm doing a project with a hospital in palliative care. My role is to analyze data which is being given by the palliative department. I found an article but I was not able to get the full article ...
Post Press Ganey-Patient Satisfaction KristinH 2 11/21/2011
Because a substantial number of the patients we consult on do not receive a patient satisfaction survey (due to discharge to a nursing home), it is difficult to measure if patient satisfaction improves with palliative care presence. I was wondering if an ...
Post Benchmarks for consults/100 admissions aherman 3 10/31/2011
I am using the consult service consensus measures previously published. The administration is welcoming of using some benchmark measures for 'penetration' of the new service. I am a part of ther national registry for PC programs. Are there any benchmar ...
Post LOS measurement akrause 2 10/31/2011
Need help with working with outliers in our LOS database. The articles published use propensity scores when comparing patients and I'm not familiar with this. Articles also mention eliminating the those with LOS >30 days. About 5% of our patients are outl ...
Post Start up program expectations pstarr 2 10/25/2011
I am looking for data regarding consult volume goals for new programs and expectations for years 1-3. Is there a benchmark goal for number of consults per 100 admits?
Post Survey tool tkieso 2 09/08/2011
Does anybody have a survey tool that examines what comprise or make up a hospital palliative care services? We would like to ( Survey) ask hospitals about their palliaitve care services? Thank you
Post Measures CathySimpson1 1 09/01/2011
Kathleen, Thanks for your response. I find that most of the measures seem more like customer satisfaction questions rather than things to measure while actively following a patient. Any thoughts?
Post Measures CathySimpson1 2 08/31/2011
Is anyone using any type of measurable scale as part of their assessment to show that their PC program is helpful to pts and families?
Post Clinical indicators itriana 3 08/24/2011
Joint Commission requires 4 performance measures for P.C.P 2 clinical and 2 non clinicals. For the clinical they suggest Symptom assessmentand management documentation and psychosocial assessment scores. Can any one tell me if for the clinicals besides pa ...
Post New Survey Tool Posted on CAPC.org PCaines 1 08/09/2011
In response to popular demand, CAPC has posted the following document in the Tools Section of our website: UCSF Patient and Family Satisfaction Survey (Phone) To view and download this file, copy and paste this url into your web browser's address bar: ...
Post New Survey Tool Posted on CAPC.org PCaines 1 08/09/2011
In response to popular demand, CAPC has posted the following document in the Tools Section of our website: UCSF Patient and Family Satisfaction Survey (Phone) To view and download this file, copy and paste this url into your web browser's address bar: ...
Post survey efracchia 1 08/08/2011
Could you please email me a copy of the survey for review. I'd appreciate it. efracchia@wwbh.org
Post Non-post death Palliative Care Patient Sat Survey AmyVNAHCDH 3 08/09/2011
We're a VNA & Hospice looking for a non-post death patient satisfaction survey. I found only post-death surveys for patient's families. Does anyone survey the patient while in Palli care? Thanks.
Post LOS Data szaglifa 2 07/24/2011
I was wondering if there are benchmarks or documented averages for length of stay data. Our LOS for PC pts is not what the administrators hope for, so was wondering if there is comparison data available? Thanks for any input! Sarah.
Post Hospice CEU's polive 2 07/17/2011
Does anyone have any favorite sites for CEU's r/t hospice nursing? Thank you, Phyllis Olive, RN
Post Hospice Conferences polive 1 07/17/2011
Is there a central site that lists upcoming Hospice conferences (orientation towards hospice nursing). Thank you, Phyllis Olive, RN
Post pain control benchmarks arnesbitt 2 08/15/2011
Are there established norms or standards for pain control in hospital based palliative care programs ? e.g. % of patients acheiving pain goal level within 24 or 48 hours, or % of patients achieving a reduction of at least three points on a 10 point scale ...
Post Pre-packaged palliative care database program suzannenk 1 06/26/2011
Does anyone know of a pre-packaged palliative care database program? Suzanne Nicoletti-Krase, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Post Performance Improvement Weissman 6 12/21/2011
Does anyone have a written Performance Improvement plan for their program they are willing to share? David Weissman, MD CAPC Consultant
Post National average LOS before PC consult DeannaBrame 3 08/12/2011
Does anyone know what the national average of hospital admission date to PC consult date? I remember 8 days, but that was several years ago now and I am not sure where I got that information. Any suggestions where I might be able to get recent data in thi ...
Post ESAS Validity tshort 2 05/20/2011
Hello. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if when recording data from the ESAS if you are able or have considered showing the variability in reporters. i.e. upon initial report the data may be gained from family member and then at the 24 or 48 hour m ...
Post Benchmark for DNR orders? juliegethics 2 04/22/2011
I know this is out there but can't put my finger on it. I am looking for data regarding the effect of palliative care consultation on the prevalence of dnr orders for inpatients. grateful for direction from anyone.
Post New Tool Posted to CAPC.org PCaines 1 03/22/2011
There is a new tool posted on capc.org for your use and available for free download entitled, "Clinician Satisfaction Survey (Froedtert Hospital)" Copy and paste this link into your web browser: http://www.capc.org/tools-for-palliative-care-prog ...
Post Palliative Care Clinic metrics Mary_Hubert 2 03/08/2011
At our academic institution, where we have an established inpatient palliative care consultation service, we are working on opening a supportive care clinic within our cancer center. We are looking at metrics, and I have been reviewing the concensus reco ...
Post POLST metrics bjsemmes 2 03/07/2011
Does anyone know of any metrics looking at the actual discussion as the POLST form is filled out? I understand some indicators are being looked at such as 10 were wishes kept as filled out on the POLST 2) Did the POLST accompany the patient when changing ...
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