Pediatric palliative home-based care has been shown to improve symptoms, quality of life, and coordination of care. Despite these successes, hospital utilization in our own palliative home-based care population remained high as some caregivers lacked…
BACKGROUND: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) patients experience years of multisectoral and professional care. An electronic cross-facility health record (ECHR) system can support the immediate exchange of information among PPC professionals. Based on…
BACKGROUND: It is important to document the domains surrounding end-of-life (EOL) care in the electronic health record (EHR). No pediatric navigator exists for these purposes. MEASURES: Medical charts were reviewed for documentation surrounding code…
