Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Aug 2024
Multicenter StudyOutcomes of a Multi-Site Mentored Implementation Approach to Promoting Goals of Care Conversations.
The Preference-Aligned Communication and Treatment (PACT) Project is a multisite quality improvement effort that has been shown to increase the frequency of goals of care (GOC) conversations in hospitalized patients with serious illness. ⋯ A multisite mentored implementation quality improvement intervention for seriously ill hospitalized patients resulted in care aligned with goals and decreased resource utilization at the end of life.