• J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2016

    Multicenter Study

    Adherence to Measuring What Matters Measures Using Point-of-Care Data Collection Across Diverse Clinical Settings.

    • Arif H Kamal, Janet Bull, Christine S Ritchie, Jean S Kutner, Laura C Hanson, Fred Friedman, Donald H Taylor, and AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group.
    • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: arif.kamal@duke.edu.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Mar 1; 51 (3): 497-503.

    ContextMeasuring What Matters (MWM) for palliative care has prioritized data collection efforts for evaluating quality in clinical practice. How these measures can be implemented across diverse clinical settings using point-of-care data collection on quality is unknown.ObjectivesTo evaluate the implementation of MWM measures by exploring documentation of quality measure adherence across six diverse clinical settings inherent to palliative care practice.MethodsWe deployed a point-of-care quality data collection system, the Quality Data Collection Tool, across five organizations within the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group. Quality measures were recorded by clinicians or assistants near care delivery.ResultsDuring the study period, 1989 first visits were included for analysis. Our population was mostly white, female, and with moderate performance status. About half of consultations were seen on hospital general floors. We observed a wide range of adherence. The lowest adherence involved comprehensive assessments during the first visit in hospitalized patients in the intensive care unit (2.71%); the highest adherence across all settings, with an implementation of >95%, involved documentation of management of moderate/severe pain. We observed differences in adherence across clinical settings especially with MWM Measure #2 (Screening for Physical Symptoms, range 45.7%-81.8%); MWM Measure #5 (Discussion of Emotional Needs, range 46.1%-96.1%); and MWM Measure #6 (Documentation of Spiritual/Religious Concerns, range 0-69.6%).ConclusionVariations in clinician documentation of adherence to MWM quality measures are seen across clinical settings. Additional studies are needed to better understand benchmarks and acceptable ranges for adherence tailored to various clinical settings.Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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