A Quality Improvement Project Using Lean Tools to Improve Hospice Utilization in a Veterans Affairs Institution (QI604)

Shorter hospice stays are related to lower quality of end-of-life care, poorer symptom management, and burdensome, low-value care. The VA Long Beach Healthcare System had a low hospice utilization and a hospice median length of stay (LOS) of 10 days, half the median VA average.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research