A Quality Improvement Project on Documentation of Changes in Code Status Using the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in Pediatrics (TH341C)

In order to provide gold standard patient centered care, discussions regarding advance care planning are essential for patients with serious illnesses. In 2018, a new law was enacted in our state requiring documentation of code status conversations in the inpatient EMR for any code status other than “Full Code.” Prior to this law, many code orders were changed without documentation or adequate communication to incoming providers. Since there was little to nothing documented, parents were being asked to have the same conversation repeatedly and either starting to doubt their decisions or sen sing the lack of communication taking place.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research