Improving completion rate of advance care planning at a tertiary rheumatological centre in Singapore: a quality improvement project
oleh: Yu Heng Kwan, Ting Hui Woon, Zheng Cong Lee, Meredith Wei-Yuan Tan, Michelle Huiye Lee, Pei Xin Chong, Li Khoon Tan, Evelyn Shuting Loh, Wei Ling Poh, Esther Jia Ning Seow, Charmaine Wai Yan Sum, Serene Xiaosi Xin, Warren Weng Seng Fong
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| Diterbitkan: | BMJ Publishing Group 2024-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Advanced care planning (ACP) is a series of ongoing voluntary discussions between patients, families and healthcare professionals to plan for their future healthcare needs. Despite patients with rheumatic diseases having high symptom burden and disease complications, the ACP completion rates in patients with rheumatic diseases remain low. In this quality improvement project, we aimed to increase the number of completed ACP in a tertiary referral rheumatology centre in Singapore from 0 to 1 per month. We showed a statistically significant increase in ACP completion across 1 year with two Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Further studies are needed to explore further interventions for ACP completion in patients with rheumatic diseases.