Improving Outpatient Life-Sustaining Treatment Documentation at the West Haven Veteran ’s Affairs Hospital (QI704)

The Veteran ’s Affairs (VA) healthcare system recently implemented the Life Sustaining Treatment (LST) Plan to promote a patient-centered approach to end-of-life decisions. Unfortunately, a majority of these conversations occur in the inpatient setting when patients are acutely ill.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research