Resources

The Palliative Care Quality Network – PCQN is dedicated to providing its members and the greater Palliative Care community with resources for improving services and quality of care.

Publications

  • Palliative Care Quality Network: Early Referrals to Palliative Care- An Ideal Goal for Both Patient and Hospital
  • Palliative Care Quality Network: Identifying Opportunities to Improve Pain Among Patients with Serious Illness
  • Palliative Care Quality Network: Developing Core Data to Drive Quality Improvement
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Data Collection Documents

  • PCQN Data Dictionary (Updated 7.18.16)
  • Definitions for New Screening Items (Updated 8.3.16)
  • Front of Data Collection Card (Updated 7.18.16)
  • PCQN Data Collection Card – Back
  • Optional Data Elements (Updated 05.25.16)

Monthly Newsletters

  • PCQN QI Update – January 2015
  • PCQN QI Update – November 2014
  • PCQN Update – October 2014

Palliative Care Resources

  • Bereavement Risk Assessment (Hoag Hospital)
  • Bereavement: “What to do when a loved one dies” (Huntington Hospital)
  • Bereavement: “Next Steps” (Hoag Hospital)
  • Palliative Care Pocket Card
  • Let’s Get Healthy California Task Force Final Report
  • Characteristics of Palliative Care Consultation Services in California Hospitals
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Conference Call Presentations

  • June 2016 End of Life Option Act: Plans for Quality Monitoring
  • April 2016 – Pharmacist Interventions and Outcomes
  • March 2016 – Top 10 Landmark Articles in Palliative Medicine
  • February 2016 – Hospice Under the Bridge Introductory
  • January 2016 – Opioid failure in Palliative Care
  • December 2015 – A PC Approach To Expectant Care
  • October 2015 – A Multifaceted Approach to Improving Advanced Care Planning
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Strategy Exchange/Best Practices/Quality Improvement

  • May 2016 – Strategy Exchange
  • May 2015 – Strategy Exchange
  • October 2014 – Strategy Exchange
  • May 2014 – Strategy Exchange
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PCQN Conference – Spring 2016 Presentations

  • PCQN New Member Session Presentation
  • PCQN Updates
  • Integrating PC and Critical Care: What is the best approach? J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH
    • Ethics and EOL Care for Adults in the ICU – Lancet 2010
    • Randomized Trial of Communication Facilitators to Reduce Family Distress and Intensity of End-of-Life Care – AJRCCM 2016
    • Technology to increase PC in the ICU – AJRCCM 2016 Cox
  • PCQN Database & Reporting: New Features
  • Using PCQN Data For Maximal Effect – Kara Bischoff, MD
  • Talking to the Top Dollars and Data – Bryan J. Alsip, MD, MPH, FACPM and Julieanne Wisloff, RN, BSE, CHPN
  • PCQN QI Collaborative: ACP Projects and Next Steps
  • Know Yourself, Strengthen Your Team: Using the Firo-B – Brett Penfil, MFT, MPH