{"id":118,"date":"2017-11-03T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/pcare\/nationwide-quality-of-hospice-care\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T18:22:42","slug":"nationwide-quality-of-hospice-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/nationwide-quality-of-hospice-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide Quality of Hospice Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">To start off National Hospice Month, the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management published the initial results of Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP).<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=29024708\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Zheng NT, Li Q, Hanson LC, Wessell KL, Chong N, Sherif N, Broyles IH, Frank J, Kirk MA, Schwartz CR, Levitt AF, Rokoske F. Nationwide Quality of Hospice Care: Findings from the Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2017 Oct 10.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The study found that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 90% of patients received most critical care processes recommended by the clinical guidelines at hospice admission, including discussion of patient preferences regarding life-sustaining treatments; care for spiritual and existential concerns; and symptom management (pain, opioid-induced constipation and dyspnea).<\/li>\n<li>Fewer patients with pain (about three quarters) received comprehensive assessment.<\/li>\n<li>A small number of hospices performed all critical care processes for all of their patients at admission, indicating room for quality improvement at the national level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UNC Palliative Care team members Dr. Laura Hanson and Kathryn Wessell consulted on RTI&#8217;s evaluation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To start off National Hospice Month, the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management published the initial results of Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP). 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