Mortality Reduction – Part 3
from Modern Practice Podcast Hosted by Dr. Tom Villanueva and Vizient Medical Leadership Team
On this episode, we continue our discussion on mortality by addressing hospice and palliative approaches as a way to provide improved care for patients and improve hospital mortality scores. Guest speaker: Aman Sabharwal, MD, MHA, CPHM Executive Principal Operations and Quality Vizient Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Principal Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient Show Notes: [00:35] Hesitancy in leveraging palliative and hospice care [01:08] A success story with palliative care [01:51] Vizient Clinical Data Base analytic can pinpoint use of palliative and hospice care in an organization [02:22] The advanced directive process: everyone’s responsibility [03:04] Surgeons and the medical record [04:05] Triggering palliative care consults [05:28] Patients discharged to hospice do not factor into hospital mortality index [06:02] Mortality review – best practice Links | Resources: To contact Modern Practice: [email protected] Aman Sabharwal’s contact email: [email protected] Mortality Measures Hospital-Specific Reports (CMS) Click here Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement – Mortality (AHRQ) Click here Variation in US Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients Admitted With COVID-19 During the First 6 Months of the Pandemic (JAMA Internal Medicine) Click here Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Amazon Podcasts Android Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher RSS Feed
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