• J Pain Symptom Manage · Aug 2023

    The Use of Templates for Documenting Advance Care Planning Conversations: A Descriptive Analysis.

    • Lindsay Schlichte, Noppon Setji, Jonathan Walter, Yvonne Acker, David Casarett, Kathryn I Pollak, Karen Steinhauser, Devon K Check, Kristen Lakis, Lorrie Schmid, and Jessica E Ma.
    • Duke University School of Medicine (L.S.), Durham, North Carolina, USA.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Aug 1; 66 (2): 123136123-136.

    ContextWhile professional societies and expert panels have recommended quality indicators related to advance care planning (ACP) documentation, including using structured documentation templates, it is unclear how clinicians document these conversations.ObjectiveTo explore how clinicians document ACP, specifically, which components of these conversations are documented.MethodsA codebook was developed based on existing frameworks for ACP conversations and documentation. ACP documentation from a hospital medicine quality improvement project conducted from November 2019 to April 2021 were included and assessed. Documentation was examined for the presence or absence of each component within the coding schema. Clinician documented ACP using three different note types: template (only template prompts were used), template plus (authors added additional text to the template), and free text only. ACP note components were analyzed by note type and author department.ResultsA total of 182 ACP notes were identified and reviewed. The most common note type was template plus (58%), followed by free text (28%) and template (14%). The most frequent components across all note types were: important relationships to patient (92%), and discussion of life-sustaining treatment preferences (87%). There was considerable heterogeneity in the components across note types. The presence of components focused on treatment decisions and legal paperwork differed significantly between note types (P < 0.05). Components on preference for medical information, emotional state, or spiritual support were rarely included across all note types.ConclusionThis study provides a preliminary exploration of ACP documentation and found that templates may influence what information is documented after an ACP conversation.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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