Implementing advance care planning consults can increase advance directive completion rates. The authors demonstrate the impact of consults on completed advance directives in the medical record.

Everyone hopes to enjoy a high quality of life in their golden years, from traveling after retirement to spending time with grandchildren. As seniors age, planning for the final stages of life is ...

As we age, health care and quality of life become more important. Making an advance care plan enables patients to consider their health care options, provides directions for caregivers and gives ...

When facing a chronic and serious medical condition, it’s important to have a plan set up, especially when you can’t advocate ...

During a medical emergency or a serious illness or at the end of life, questions may arise about a patient’s medical treatment and how their care team should proceed. In instances where the patient is ...

Older U.S. adults face at least 26 unique issues that can interfere with advance care planning, according to researchers from the University of California, San Francisco. Investigators surveyed 1,241 ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A meta-analysis of studies involving 33,541 cancer patients evaluates the relationship between advance care planning and aggressive vs. comfort-focused end-of-life care. The study, led ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You never know when a situation could arise that would make you unable to make your own decisions, including when it comes to your health care. Have you thought about what you would ...

For Texas health system Houston Methodist, the major challenges to obtaining completed advance care directives included the time constraints of primary care physicians in addressing advance care ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes for advance care planning in 2016 to incentivize clinicians to have these important ...