Pre-Ventricular Assist Device Palliative Care Consultation: A Qualitative Analysis

In 2013 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a mandate requiring that all patients undergoing destination therapy ventricular assist device (DT VAD) implantation have access to a palliative care team prior to surgery. Subsequently, many VAD programs implemented a mandatory pre-implantation palliative care consultation for patients considering DT VAD. However, little is known about the quality of these consults.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - October 10, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sarah Chuzi, Sarah Hale, Jason Arnold, Amy Zhou, Rebecca Harap, Kathleen L. Grady, Jonathan D. Rich, Clyde W. Yancy, Adeboye Ogunseitan, Eytan Szmuilowicz, Jane E. Wilcox Source Type: research