Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialA Novel Screening Method to Identify Late-Stage Dementia Patients for Palliative Care Research and Practice.
Investigators need novel methods for timely identification of patients with serious illness to test or implement new palliative care models. ⋯ A novel method using an EHR phenotype plus brief medical record review is effective to identify hospitalized patients with late-stage dementia. In health care systems with similar clinical data warehouses, this method may be applied to serious illness populations to improve enrollment in clinical trials of palliative care or to facilitate access to palliative care services.