Maximizing Hospice and Palliative Care Documentation Through Epic (P06)

• Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management 2023-05, Vol.65 (5), p.e535-e535
• Main Authors: Gonzales, Matthew, Unger, Deborah M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0885-3924
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.02.053

1. Upon completion, participants will be able to evaluate the high-yield EHR documentation and review tools for palliative care clinicians and better understand how to develop these tools at attendees’ home institutions. 2. Upon completion, participants will be able to define the major EHR tools used for systemwide implementation of advance care planning and discuss best practices for implementation. This session proposes to provide a high-level overview of functionality of the Epic EHR relevant to both inpatient and ambulatory palliative care and hospice practices. Workflow challenges and commonly identified problems will be discussed, and potential solutions with available tools will be demonstrated by faculty presenters. Some of the topics for discussion will include the potential role of standard Epic tools, such as note templates, the suite of SmartTools (texts, phrases, lists, forms, links, etc.), BPAs, order sets, specialty summary report pages, and flowsheet data in providing the most relevant palliative care and advance care planning data, as well as discussions around streamlined documentation strategies in both specialty and primary palliative care. There will also be space to demonstrate principles needed to retrieve operational and analytic information from the Epic EHR. Participants are asked to bring a laptop with access to their hospital's Epic EHR environment to be able to fully participate in interactive portions of the session. While the focus will primarily be on clinician workflow, we will also allot time to discuss strategies for measuring and extracting data from the EHR, as well as discussions of ongoing community support. The wrap up will focus on how to best “translate” what attendees learn at the session to the IT teams at their home institution, and strategies to successfully advocate for the adoption of tools and workflows learned during the workshop.