Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Knowledge of Post-Acute Care Interdisciplinary Team of Hospice Services

Hospice services provided to residents of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities are associated with higher resident and family satisfaction and lower health care costs. One barrier to timely hospice enrollment is limited understanding of hospice services and referral procedures by PALTC interdisciplinary team (IDT). We designed and implemented a Quality Improvement (QI) project to enhance the knowledge of the PALTC IDT of hospice services and referral processes.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research