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Advance care planning among outpatients may improve with low-tech intervention

A randomized trial at primary and specialty care practices in Connecticut compared completion rates of four advance care planning activities in patients who received an internet- or telephone-based intervention assessing readiness to participate versus those receiving usual care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/31/4.htm
31 Aug 2021

Rethinking advance care planning

While more physicians are reporting having conversations about advance care planning with their patients, it's still far from common.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/05/rethinking-advance-care-planning.htm
1 May 2022

Advance care planning: Administration and reimbursement

Advance care planning conversations should happen before critical illness or hospitalization occurs, and Medicare can reimburse physician time spent on them.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/09/advance-care-planning-administration-and-reimbursement.htm
1 Sep 2022

New ACP Practice Advisor Modules address advance care planning, preventing stroke in afib

Two ACP modules, eligible for CME and Maintenance of Certification Practice Assessment points, offer help for physicians to ensure that patients receive care that is consistent with their values, goals, and preferences and to identify patients with atrial fibrillation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/18/5.htm
18 Jul 2017

Survey reports on barriers to advance care planning discussions

Barriers included lack of a formal system to assess patients' end-of-life wishes and goals of care, no place in an electronic health record to indicate whether a patient has an advance care plan, and little formal training in end-of-life discussions with patients and families.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/26/2.htm
26 Apr 2016

Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives

ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/spotlight.htm
1 Sep 2023

New ethics case study examines implications of resuscitation approaches

A case study developed by ACP's Ethics, Professionalism, and Human Rights Committee and the Center for Ethics and Professionalism addresses the ethical issues associated with “slow” or “show” codes.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/23/5.htm
23 May 2023

A 2-pronged approach to advance care planning

With prior planning, physicians can ensure that their patients' wishes are followed at the end of life.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/09/advanced-directive.htm
1 Sep 2015

Cognitive impairment common after stroke

A scientific statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association called for collaboration among primary care physicians, subspecialist doctors, and other health professionals to identify and manage cognitive problems after stroke.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/09/4.htm
9 May 2023

Discussing death, dying, and advance care planning

Clinicians and their teams may want to identify which patients and families to prioritize for advance care planning initiatives.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/09/discussing-death-dying-and-advance-care-planning.htm
1 Sep 2017

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