Are we measuring what matters most? ACP completion among patients undergoing gastrostomy tube placement

An alleged benefit of Advance Care Planning (ACP) is the facilitation of goal-concurrent care for patients facing serious and life-limiting illness. In this edition of The American Journal of Surgery, Williams et al. retrospectively examine the prevalence of advanced care planning (ACP) documentation among a diverse cohort of 877 patients undergoing endoscopic, fluoroscopic, laparoscopic, or open surgical gastrostomy tube (GT) procedures at an academic, tertiary-care safety-net hospital.1 The authors report that only 10.6% of included patients had accessible ACP documents available within the electronic medical record (EMR) and that Black race was associated with lower rates of ACP documentation.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited Commentary Source Type: research