Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38822739›Full record

ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2024

Improving age-friendly advance care planning in primary care: Outcomes from a Pacific Northwest learning collaborative.

Ashley A Johnson, Katherine A Bennett, Aimee M Verrall, Ellen Deloya, Adriana Linares, Mary T Ramsbottom, Jhoanna M Santos, Barbara B Cochrane, Michael V Vitiello, Elizabeth A Phelan and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Ashley A JohnsonDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Katherine A BennettDivision of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-1359
Aimee M VerrallDivision of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Ellen DeloyaFull Circle Health Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, Nampa, Idaho, USA.
Adriana LinaresPeaceHealth Family Medicine Southwest, Vancouver, Washington, USA.
Mary T RamsbottomSkagit Regional Health Internal Medicine, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA.
Jhoanna M SantosSkagit Regional Health Internal Medicine, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA.
Barbara B CochraneDepartment of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2902-4535
Michael V VitielloDivision of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Elizabeth A PhelanDivision of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Allison M ColeDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Funding

Transform Dissemination and Implementation Science in CTSA ProgramsUL1TR002319 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI John K. Amory · 2017 to 2026
$100.0M
Institute of Translational Health SciencesUL1TR000423 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DISIS, MARY L. · 2012 to 2016
$49.4M
HRSA HHS U1QHP28742NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000423NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR000423NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002319
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdvance care planning (ACP) is the process of having conversations with patients to ensure preferences are known and support patient healthcare goals. ACP and the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) Initiative's, "What Matters," are synergistic approaches to patient-centered conversations. Implementation and measurement of ACP in primary care (PC) are variables in quality and consistency. We examined whether participation in an ACP learning collaborative (LC) would improve knowledge and ability to conduct ACP discussions and increase the frequency of documented ACP in participating practices.

methodsThe WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) region Practice and Research Network (WPRN) and the Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center collaboratively organized a 9-month virtual LC. It consisted of 4 synchronous, 1.5-h sessions, technical support, and a panel of ACP experts. A Wilcoxon rank sum test assessed differences in knowledge from a pre-post survey. Documentation of ACP in the EHR was collected after at least one plan-do-study-act cycle.

resultsWe enrolled 17 participants from 6 PC practices (3 hospital-affiliated; 3 Federally Qualified Health Centers) from the WPRN. Two practices did not complete all LC activities. There was a trend toward increased ACP knowledge and skills overall especially in having discussions patients and families (pre-mean 2.9 [SD = 0.7]/post-mean 4.0[SD = 1.1], p < 0.05). 4/6 practices observed an increase in EHR documentation post-collaborative (median 16.3%, IQR 1.3%-36.9%).

conclusionsThe LC increased PC providers knowledge and skills of ACP and AFHS's What Matters, reported ACP EHR documentation, and contributed to practice change.

Indexed as

Advance Care PlanningPrimary Health CareAgedElectronic Health RecordsFemaleHumansMaleNorthwestern United StatesQuality Improvementadvance care planninglearning collaborativeprimary health carequality improvement

Identifiers

PMID38822739
PMCPMC12053973

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.