Session: Improving the Quality of Care for Short Stay Patients in Hospice: A QAPI Approach (26th Management and Leadership Conference, Navigating the Sea of Change)

Friday, April 8, 2011: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Primary Presenter:

Terri Maxwell, PhD, APRN

Co-presenters:

Terri Gross, RN and Mary Murphy, RN, MS, AOCN, ACHPN

Area of Emphasis: Quality Assessment, Performance Improvement, Benchmarking
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe current trends in hospice length of stay
2. Identify clinical indicators that predict a short prognosis of 7 days or less
3. Describe quality indicators to monitor patient outcomes
4.

Although greater numbers of patients avail themselves of hospice care at the end of life, the length of stay for many is less than one week. Short stays in hospice put patients and their caregivers at increased risk for poor outcomes. This presentation describes a QAPI project designed to improve the care of patients whose time in hospice is expected to be short. Participants will learn how to predict short stay patients, develop best practices and monitor outcomes of care.

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