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The researchers came up with a standard form, which was inserted in patients’ electronic health records. It asked just a few questions: Does the patient have any “expressed wishes” about how much care he wants or doesn’t? Where are those preferences recorded — in a living will, a durable power of attorney, a P.O.L.S.T. form (which would be scanned into the record). Or are they expressed orally? The researchers’ form requests a brief summary: He doesn’t want to be resuscitated or intubated? She wants a feeding tube but not a ventilator? Or she wants “all available care?” Does he have a designated decision maker? What is that person’s name and phone number, and what language does he or she speak? If residents recorded this information for at least 75 percent of discharged patients, for three of the four quarters in the academic year, they each got a $400 bonus. If not, they didn’t.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:37:18 +0000

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