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    Cancer Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement Rounds is a series of articles intended to explore the unique safety risks experienced by oncology patients through the lens of quality improvement, systems and human factors engineering, and cognitive psychology. For purposes of clarity, each case focuses on a single theme, although, as is true for all medical incidents, there are almost always multiple, overlapping, contributing factors. The quality improvement paradigm used here, which focuses on root cause analyses and opportunities to improve care delivery systems, was previously outlined in this journal. This article describes the care of a young patient with aggressive breast cancer, declining performance status, and multiple hospital admissions who died shortly after being discharged home without essential medications or an adequate plan for follow-up. The patient’s death due to her malignancy was unavoidable, but she had inadequate resources before her death, leading to avoidable su

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    • #JCOOP Morbidity, Mortality, & Improvement Rounds: Inadequate handoffs, challenges establishing realistic #goalsofcare, and hierarchy w/in & between medical teams resulted in major lapses at discharge. ➡️ https://t.co/kNcSCsKscu #endofLife #bcsm #hpm @the_tjroberts https://t.co/ZACgEobZ8x

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    PURPOSE: When deliberating palliative cancer treatment, insight into patients’ attitudes toward striving for quality of life (QL) and length of life (LL) may facilitate goal-concordant care. We investigated the (1) attitudes of patients with advanced cancer toward striving for QL and/or LL and whether these change over time, and (2) characteristics associated with these attitudes (over time)….

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    • Changes in individual pt attitudes toward striving for #QOL &/or increased length of life indicate they may benefit from repeated #goalsofcare discussions. >75% w/ advanced cancer CHANGED attitudes in the last 6 mo of life. 👉 https://t.co/r2IVt5T0JV @ingehenselmans #hpm #pallonc https://t.co/0vLP3ntGIa

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    PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the impact of early versus not-early palliative care among cancer decedents on end-of-life health care costs. METHODS Using linked administrative databases, we created a retrospective cohort of cancer decedents between 2004 and 2014 in Ontario, Canada. We identified those who received early palliative care (palliative care service used in the hospital or…

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    • ⚕️@oncoalert: Ultimately you refer to #palliativeCare because it's what's best for patients. For symptom control, decreased anxiety/depression, & for essential #goalsofcare conversations. The fact that early #pallonc care is cost-saving? Even better. #hpm https://t.co/xVkD2FoP17 https://t.co/drhPxHMCSO