The Surprise Question Is Not Correlated with Increases in Advance Care Planning Documentation (QI713)
A positive surprise question (SQ) indicates the provider would not be surprised if the patient died in the next year. The SQ has been proposed as a prompt for advance care planning (ACP).
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Teresa Letellier, Christina Holt, Amy Haskins, Rebecca Hutchinson Source Type: research