Background Little is known about the optimal use of shared decision making (SDM) to guide
palliative and end‐of‐life decisions in the emergency department (ED). Objective The …

Palliative care (PC) is now recommended by all major cardiovascular societies for advanced
heart failure (HF). PC is a philosophy of care that uses a holistic approach to address …

Background: Use of administrative data to study the effectiveness of specialized palliative
care is limited by the lack of a reliable method to identify patients receiving palliative care …

Objectives This study aimed to establish the association between timing and provision of
palliative care (PC) and quality of end-of-life care indicators in a population of patients dying …

Background Development of electronic health record (EHR) prediction models to improve
palliative care delivery is on the rise, yet the clinical impact of such models has not been …

Background: Inpatient palliative care consultation (PCC) may reduce 30-day readmissions
and inpatient mortality among seriously ill patients. Objective: To evaluate the impact of …

Objective End‐stage heart failure (HF) is characterized by high symptom burden and
frequent hospitalization. Palliative care (PC) is recommended for advanced HF, and there is …

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the potential impact of addressing goals-of-care
(GOC) with selected patients in the emergency department (ED), GOC documentation …

There is a growing need to integrate palliative care into intensive care units and to develop
appropriate knowledge translation strategies. However, multiple challenges persist in …

Background: Hospitals are under increasing pressure to manage costs across multiple
episodes of care. Most studies of the financial impact of palliative care have focused on …