Using palliative care assessment tools to influence and enhance clinical practice
RIS ID
40392
Abstract
The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration focuses on supporting palliative care services in Australia to measure service- and patient-level outcomes, and to use these data to drive continuous quality improvement. The introduction of a suite of clinical assessment tools nationally has resulted in important enhancements to care provision at individual service level. Improved communication, enhanced assessment of patient needs, and improved identification of triggers for the need to change care plans or for referral have resulted from this change. (C) 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Publication Details
D. Rawlings, K. Hendry, S. Mylne, M. Banfield & P. Yates, "Using palliative care assessment tools to influence and enhance clinical practice", Home Healthcare Nurse 29 3 (2011) 139-145.