Systematic Analysis of Extracting Data on Advance Directives from Patient Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Terminal Oncology Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 082585972110011
Author(s):  
Jason S. Starr ◽  
William Paul Skelton ◽  
Kiarash P. Rahmanian ◽  
Robert Guenther ◽  
William L. Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Advance Directives ◽  
Altered Mental Status ◽  
Power Of Attorney ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Clinical Terminology ◽  
Electronic Health ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Seriously Ill Patients ◽  
Terminal Diagnosis

Background: Advance directives are legal documents that include living wills and durable health care power of attorney documents. They are critical components of care for seriously ill patients which are designed to be implemented when a patient is terminally ill and incapacitated. We sought to evaluate potential reasons for why advance directives were not appropriately implemented, by reviewing the electronic health record (EHR) in patients with terminal cancer. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the EHR of 500 cancer patients from 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2016 was performed. Data points were manually collected and entered in a central database. Results: Of the 500 patients, 160 (32%) had an advance directive (AD). The most common clinical terminology used by physicians indicating a terminal diagnosis was progressive (36.6%) and palliative (31%). The most common clinical terminology indicating incapacity was altered mental status (25.6%), and not oriented (14%). 34 (6.8%) patients met all criteria of having a terminal diagnosis, a documented AD, and were deemed incapacitated. Of these patients who met all of these data points, their ADs were implemented on average 1.7 days (SD: 4.4 days) after which they should have been. This resulted in a total of 58 days of additional care provided. Discussion: This study provided insight on to how ADs are managed in day to day practice in the hospital. From our analysis it appears that physicians are able to identify when a patient is terminal, however, it is typically later than it should have been recognized. Further studies should be performed focusing on harnessing the power of the EHR and providing physicians formative and evaluative feedback of practice patterns to ensure that ADs are honored when appropriate.

Systematic analysis of extracting data on advance directives from patient electronic health records in terminal oncology patients.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24011-e24011
Author(s):  
William Paul Skelton ◽  
Jason Scott Starr ◽  
Kiarash Rahmanian ◽  
Robert Guenther ◽  
William L. Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Advance Directives ◽  
Altered Mental Status ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Clinical Terminology ◽  
Electronic Health ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Terminal Diagnosis

e24011 Background: Advanced care planning and living wills are critical components of caring for patients at the end of their lives. Advance directives are designed to be implemented when a patient meets the legal definition of terminal and is deemed incapacitated. By reviewing the electronic health record (EHR) in patients with terminal cancer, we sought to evaluate whether advance directives were appropriately implemented. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the EHR of 500 cancer patients from 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2016 was performed. Data points were manually collected and entered in a central database, and data analysis was completed using SAS. Results: Of the 500 patients, 160 (32%) had an advance directive (AD). The most common clinical terminology used by physicians indicating a terminal diagnosis was “progressive” (36.6%) and “palliative” (31%). The most common clinical terminology indicating incapacity was “altered mental status” (25.6%), and “not oriented” (14%). 34 patients (6.8%) met all criteria of having a terminal diagnosis, a documented AD, and deemed incapacitated. Of these patients who met all of these data points, their ADs were implemented on average 1.7 days (SD: 4.4 days) after which they should have been. This resulted in a total of 58 days of additional care provided to these patients. Conclusions: End-of-life care is a challenging albeit vital part of the practice of medicine. This study provided insight on to how ADs are managed in day to day practice in a hospital. From our analysis, it is clear that physicians are able to identify when a patient is terminal; however, it is typically later than it should have been recognized (and thereby, leading to delays in the implementation of the patient’s AD). Further studies should be performed focusing on harnessing the power of the EHR and providing physicians formative and evaluative feedback of practice patterns to ensure that ADs are honored when appropriate.

scholarly journals The Postencounter Form System: Viewpoint on Efficient Data Collection Within Electronic Health Records (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Held ◽  
Randy A Boley ◽  
Walter G Faig ◽  
John A O'Toole ◽  
Imran Desai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Health Records ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Clinical Notes ◽  
The Road ◽  
Clinical Encounters ◽  
Efficient Data ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Electronic Health ◽  
Using Data

UNSTRUCTURED Electronic health records (EHRs) offer opportunities for research and improvements in patient care. However, challenges exist in using data from EHRs due to the volume of information existing within clinical notes, which can be labor intensive and costly to transform into usable data with existing strategies. This case report details the collaborative development and implementation of the postencounter form (PEF) system into the EHR at the Road Home Program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL to address these concerns with limited burden to clinical workflows. The PEF system proved to be an effective tool with over 98% of all clinical encounters including a completed PEF within 5 months of implementation. In addition, the system has generated over 325,188 unique, readily-accessible data points in under 4 years of use. The PEF system has since been deployed to other settings demonstrating that the system may have broader clinical utility.

Advance Directives, Do Not Resuscitate Orders, and Power of Attorney for Health Care

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Stafman ◽  
Sushanth Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Advance Directives ◽  
Advance Directive ◽  
Persistent Vegetative State ◽  
Living Will ◽  
Do Not Resuscitate ◽  
Power Of Attorney ◽  
Decision Making Capacity ◽  
Do Not Resuscitate Orders

In 2005, Terri Schiavo collapsed at home and was found by her husband without respirations or a pulse. She was resuscitated, but suffered severe anoxic brain injury and after 21/2 months was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. A court appointed her husband as her legal guardian as she did not have a written advance directive and had not specified a power of attorney for health care (POAHC), but heated court battles raged between her husband and her parents regarding who should be making decisions and what the appropriate decisions were. This case highlights the importance of writing down instructions for end-of-life care or designating someone to make decisions in their best interest in the event they could not make these decisions themselves. This review covers advance directives, do-not-resuscitate orders, and POAHC. Figures show an extended values history form, an example of a living will, the California’s Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form, components of the CURVES mnemonic to assess decision-making capacity in critical/emergency situations, and activation and deactivation of power of attorney for health care. Tables list the most common types of advance directive and description of each, barriers to the use of advance directives, common themes in surgeons’ attitudes regarding advance directives, general requirements and exclusions for POAHC, and requirements for decision-making capacity in patients. This review contains 5 highly rendered figures, 5 tables, and 56 references

Online Travel Agent for Tourism System Using Big Data and Cloud

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 396
Author(s):  
Ahmad Nurul FAJAR ◽  
Aldian NURCAHYO ◽  
Nunung Nurul QOMARIYAH
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Travel Agent ◽  
The Past ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Data Lifecycle ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Online Travel

Nowadays, more and more people can enjoy fast internet access that can be used for various activities such as browsing, shopping online, video calls, playing games and so on. Businesses are also utilizing this very rapid increase in internet technology. They sell products and services through the internet with various attractive offers and competing with each other to increase their sales. One strategy that can be done to get more sales is through the method of personalizing services for customers. The personalization aspect in e-tourism has been predicted to increase. Customers who are making valuable data at every stage of their journey are making a challenge for travel companies to collect and link these data points to improve their customer experience. Learning the customer behaviour can be very significant for Online Travel Agent. Because collecting millions of search results through their services and provide a smart travel experience, Online Travel Agent in Indonesia must use Big Data and Cloud technology alignment to win the competition in the market. The entire data lifecycle must be simple because of the needs of users to keep batch ingesting a lot of data likes once in an hour. Streaming analytics has grown over the past few years, it has become one of the most critical components of most of the businesses. We proposed Online Travel Agent (OTA) for Tourism System Using Big Data and Cloud.

Engaging the cancer care team in advance care planning.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 14-14
Author(s):  
Tallat Mahmood ◽  
Jane Alcyne Severson ◽  
Laura Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Advance Directives ◽  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Metastatic Cancer ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Power Of Attorney ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Advanced Directives ◽  
Advance Care

14 Background: Engagement of oncologists and their care team is essential to ensure advance care planning (ACP) occurs for cancer patients. However, numerous barriers to ACP exists, including the availability of trained staff with competence and confidence to have discussions with patients as well as resources to ensure ACP is effectively and efficiently integrated into the oncology practice. Methods: A baseline audit to determine the presence of documented ACP discussions for patients with metastatic cancer was conducted, followed by a quality improvement program with subsequent reassessment. The baseline audit identified only 20% (10/50) compliance with documentation of such discussions. Subsequently, we joined the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium’s (MOQC) ACP Collaborative where the care team (MA, RN, PA, MD) were taught how to request and complete a durable power of attorney, conduct ACP conversations, and document pertinent information in a standard EHR location. Results: A one-year post-intervention audit found that 80% (40/50) of patients with metastatic cancer had an ACP documented in their record - a four fold improvement. A post-implementation staff survey noted that the team improved their understanding of both the legal issues and importance of asking about advance directives as well as using the designated chart location to document. 100% of staff agreed or strongly agreed with the statement “I understand the importance of asking patients about advanced directives”. Staff gained confidence in how to talk to patients about advance directives again with 100% of staff agreeing or strongly agreeing with the statement,” I feel more confident now in how to talk to a patient about advanced directives”. Conclusions: It is critical that all members of the oncology care team understand the importance of ACP and that staff feel confident in how to have discussions with patients. While physician/patient discussion is both necessary and expected, patients often discuss their wishes and fears with others in the practice. It is critical that all members of the team understand the importance of and opportunities where they can both support patients’ wishes and direct patients to their oncologist if necessary for further discussion.

scholarly journals Advance directives and power of attorney for health care in the oldest-old – results of the AgeQualiDe study

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Luck ◽  
◽  
Francisca S. Rodriguez ◽  
Birgitt Wiese ◽  
Carolin van der Leeden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Advance Directives ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Power Of Attorney

scholarly journals 4521 Collecting, Interpreting and Utilizing Retrospective Clinical Data from Data Warehouses

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. 46-47
Author(s):  
Brandon Joseph Sonn ◽  
Andrew Monte
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Data Warehouses ◽  
Chip Technology ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Electronic Health

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Utilizing clinical electronic health record (eHR) data pulled en masse from data warehouses provides unique challenges when applying it to retrospective studies. Use of this data in conjunction with metabolomic and genomic results to predict response to lisinopril or ondansetron has been completed. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Study population consists of >2000 subjects recruited from the Emergency Medicine Specimen Bank at University of Colorado Denver (UCD). All patients presenting to the emergency department are approached to participate which significantly increases demographic diversity of our study populations. Clinical data is pulled from Health Data Compass (data warehouse at UCD that collects all electronic health record (EHR) data to be able to deliver de-identified). Effectiveness of lisinopril and ondansetron were investigated using metabolomic data collected via ultra-high performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and genomic data from Illumina chip technology to find relevant correlations. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Obtaining retrospective clinical data from data warehouses comes with significant challenges to be addressed. Verifying all clinical variables from patient EHRs is a crucial step that requires extensive quality control steps. As well, ensuring data validity, appropriateness of data points pulled as relate to the study criteria and identifying alternate EHR data points is needed. Chart review is a critical step necessary to surmount these challenges. Additionally, use of retrospective EHR data often necessitates the development of novel definitions of clinical effectiveness that can be abstracted from the EHR– such as how to determine decrease in nausea without a visual analogue scale. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Utilizing data warehouses to deliver EHR data provides a valuable tool for completing retrospective precision medicine projects. The validation of definitions for clinical outcomes identifiable retrospectively are necessary and provide novel guidance for future studies.

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