What Do Doctors Want from Out of Hours Specialist Palliative Care?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Specialist Palliative Care ◽  
Out Of Hours

scholarly journals Shared electronic care coordination systems following referral to hospice

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Libby Sampey ◽  
Anne M Finucane ◽  
Juliet Spiller
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Specialist Palliative Care ◽  
Community Nurse ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Out Of Hours ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Palliative Care Teams ◽  
Coordination Systems

In Scotland, the Key Information Summary (KIS) enables health providers to access key patient information to guide decision-making out-of-hours. KISs are generated in primary care and rely on information from other teams, such as community specialist palliative care teams (CSPCTs), to keep them up-to-date. This study involved a service evaluation consisting of case note reviews of new referrals to a CSPCT and semi-structured interviews with palliative care community nurse specialists (CNSs) regarding their perspectives on KISs. Some 44 case notes were examined, and 77% of patients had a KIS on CSPCT referral. One-month post-referral, all those re-examined (n=17) had a KIS, and 59% KISs had been updated following CNS assessments. CNSs cited anticipatory care planning (ACP) as the most useful aspect of KIS, and the majority of CNSs said they would appreciate KIS editing access. A system allowing CNSs to update KISs would be acceptable to CNSs, as it could facilitate care co-ordination and potentially improve comprehensiveness of ACP information held in KISs.

Out-of-hours need for specialist palliative care face-to-face assessments

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Sheils ◽  
H Ankrett ◽  
A Edwards ◽  
F Hicks ◽  
M Kiely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Specialist Palliative Care ◽  
Out Of Hours ◽  
Face To Face
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