Comfort Measures Orders and Hospital Transfers: Insights from the OPTIMISTIC Demonstration Project

Nursing facility residents and their families may identify “comfort measures” as their overall goal of care, yet some hospital transfers still occur.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - June 20, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kathleen T. Unroe, Erin O ’Kelly Phillips, Shannon Effler, Mary Ersek, Susan E. Hickman Source Type: research