ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2025
Assessing the Content of Goals of Care Documentation for Hospitalized Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
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- Assessing the Content of Goals of Care Documentation for Hospitalized Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
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backgroundGoals of care (GOC) conversations are an evidence-based practice that help clarify and align patient values and preferences for medical care with treatment options. Little is known about how clinicians document the content of GOC conversations for patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) in the electronic health record (EHR) and whether this may differ across hospitals. We aimed to assess the content of GOC documentation for hospitalized patients with and without AD/ADRD.
methodsWe performed a retrospective cross-sectional study to assess documented content within a standardized GOC note written for seriously ill hospitalized adult patients admitted to 21 hospitals between 2021 and 2023. Seriously ill patients had a predicted 90-day mortality greater than 30% as determined by an artificial intelligence mortality prediction score. Patients with AD/ADRD were identified using diagnostic codes placed by clinicians in the EHR.
resultsOur review of GOC documentation across 21 hospitals identified 5475 patients with GOC notes. The study sample had a median age of 76 years and was 52% male, 13% nonwhite, 81% with Medicare insurance, and 14% with AD/ADRD. Compared to patients without AD/ADRD, patients with AD/ADRD were more likely to have documentation of family presence at the GOC conversation (93% vs. 76%, p = < 0.001), a surrogate decision-maker (60% vs. 54%, p = 0.003), and patient prognosis (84% vs. 78%, p = < 0.001). Patients with AD/ADRD were less likely to have documentation of patient presence at the GOC conversation (28% vs. 64%, p = < 0.001) and patient values and preferences for medical care (65% vs. 69%, p = < 0.05).
conclusionsHospitalized patients with AD/ADRD are infrequently present in GOC conversations and less likely to have their values and preferences for medical care documented within a GOC note. Further research is needed to explore the reasons for these findings.
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