Abstract Rationale/Background: Palliative care (PC) services include symptom management
with advanced care planning (ACP) and establishment of goals of care (GOC) for patients …

Results: The palliative care trigger was created and went live in November 2019. The
palliative care trigger was activated when a patient was admitted with a sole diagnosis of …

Heart failure creates a significant economic burden for the United States (Ambrosy et al.,
2014). In an effort to better coordinate care for patients with advanced heart failure, the …

Background: Patients living with advanced heart failure (HF) require a palliative approach to
reduce suffering. Nurses have described significant knowledge gaps about the disease …

Background: A transitional care program was developed at a southern San Diego hospital to
guide patients dealing with heart failure from an inpatient to an outpatient setting to …

Problem: Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of death in the United States and
unfortunately there is no cure for the disease. A mainstay of therapy focuses on symptom …

Heart failure (HF) is a serious diagnosis and a major public health concern. The symptoms
can be exhausting and can vary from person to person with periods of acute exacerbations …

Background: Palliative care integration into cardiology is growing, allowing primary
cardiology care teams increasing opportunities to utilize palliative care to support processes …

Patients living with chronic heart failure (CHF) o en have poor quality of life and similar
symptoms as patients with cancer. Despite this, these patients receive less specialist …

In a recent randomized trial, inpatient palliative care (PC) visits were associated with
improved quality of life and symptom burden for patients with heart failure. To better …