On this episode, we continue our discussion on mortality by addressing hospice and palliative approaches as a way to provide improved care for patients and improve hospital mortality scores.
Guest speaker:
Aman Sabharwal, MD, MHA, CPHM
Executive Principal
Operations and Quality
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:35] Hesitancy in leveraging palliative an...
On this episode, we continue our discussion on mortality by addressing hospice and palliative approaches as a way to provide improved care for patients and improve hospital mortality scores.
Guest speaker:
Aman Sabharwal, MD, MHA, CPHM
Executive Principal
Operations and Quality
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:35] Hesitancy in leveraging palliative and hospice care
[01:08] A success story with palliative care
[01:51] Vizient Clinical Data Base analytic can pinpoint use of palliative and hospice care in an organization
[02:22] The advanced directive process: everyone’s responsibility
[03:04] Surgeons and the medical record
[04:05] Triggering palliative care consults
[05:28] Patients discharged to hospice do not factor into hospital mortality index
[06:02] Mortality review – best practice
Links | Resources:
To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com
Aman Sabharwal’s contact email: aman.sabharwal@vizientinc.com
Mortality Measures Hospital-Specific Reports (CMS) Click here
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement – Mortality (AHRQ) Click here
Variation in US Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients Admitted With COVID-19 During the First 6 Months of the Pandemic (JAMA Internal Medicine) Click here
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