Journal article
Methodological Research Priorities in Palliative Care and Hospice Quality Measurement
Journal of pain and symptom management, Vol.51(2), pp.155-162
02/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.10.019
PMID: 26596877
Abstract
Quality measurement is a critical tool for improving palliative care and hospice, but significant research is needed to improve the application of quality indicators. We defined methodological priorities for advancing the science of quality measurement in this field based on discussions of the Technical Advisory Panel of the Measuring What Matters consensus project of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and a subsequent strategy meeting to better clarify research challenges, priorities, and quality measurement implementation strategies. In this article, we describe three key priorities: 1) defining the denominator(s) (or the population of interest) for palliative care quality indicators, 2) developing methods to measure quality from different data sources, and 3) conducting research to advance the development of patient/family-reported indicators. We then apply these concepts to the key quality domain of advance care planning and address relevance to implementation of indicators in improving care. Developing the science of quality measurement in these key areas of palliative care and hospice will facilitate improved quality measurement across all populations with serious illness and care for patients and families.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Methodological Research Priorities in Palliative Care and Hospice Quality Measurement
- Creators
- Sydney Morss Dy - Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USAKeela Herr - University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa, USARachelle E Bernacki - Division of Adult Palliative Care, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USAArif H Kamal - Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USAAnne M Walling - Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USAMary Ersek - Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center-Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USASally A Norton - University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, New York, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pain and symptom management, Vol.51(2), pp.155-162
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.10.019
- PMID
- 26596877
- ISSN
- 0885-3924
- eISSN
- 1873-6513
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2016
- Academic Unit
- Nursing Administration and Gen; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984064162902771
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