TY - JOUR
T1 - Envision
T2 - A tool to improve communication in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings
AU - Washington, Karla T.
AU - Demiris, George
AU - Oliver, Debra Parker
AU - Backonja, Uba
AU - Norfleet, Meredith
AU - Han, Claire J.
AU - Popescu, Mihail
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. This work was supported by the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Center on Aging. Dr. Backonja’s involvement was supported by the National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Health Informatics Training Program at the University of Washington (T15LM007442). The article’s content is solely the responsibility of its authors and does not necessarily represent the offi cial views of the study funder. Address correspondence to Karla T. Washington, PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, MA306 Medical Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65212; email: [email protected]. doi:10.3928/00989134-20200605-03
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PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Hospice interdisciplinary teams (IDTs) are required to meet regularly to update care plans for terminally ill patients and their family caregivers. Although providers see value in these meetings, they also experience frustration over meeting inefficiencies and communication challenges. The current article presents ENVISION, a tool designed to improve communication in hospice IDT meetings by providing attendees with access to up-to-date patient and family data to inform clinical decision making. In the current qualitative descriptive study, researchers explored the perspectives of hospice providers (n = 21) and family caregivers (n = 10) regarding ENVISION's usefulness and ease of use. Numerous factors influenced participants' perceptions of the tool as useful, including its impact on task efficiency, effectiveness, and difficulty. Perceptions of ENVISION's ease of use focused on ease of learning, operating, and interpreting data the tool provided. Findings suggest ENVISION would benefit hospice nurses in care management and senior leadership positions.
AB - Hospice interdisciplinary teams (IDTs) are required to meet regularly to update care plans for terminally ill patients and their family caregivers. Although providers see value in these meetings, they also experience frustration over meeting inefficiencies and communication challenges. The current article presents ENVISION, a tool designed to improve communication in hospice IDT meetings by providing attendees with access to up-to-date patient and family data to inform clinical decision making. In the current qualitative descriptive study, researchers explored the perspectives of hospice providers (n = 21) and family caregivers (n = 10) regarding ENVISION's usefulness and ease of use. Numerous factors influenced participants' perceptions of the tool as useful, including its impact on task efficiency, effectiveness, and difficulty. Perceptions of ENVISION's ease of use focused on ease of learning, operating, and interpreting data the tool provided. Findings suggest ENVISION would benefit hospice nurses in care management and senior leadership positions.
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U2 - 10.3928/00989134-20200605-03
DO - 10.3928/00989134-20200605-03
M3 - Article
C2 - 32597996
AN - SCOPUS:85087433032
SN - 0098-9134
VL - 46
SP - 9
EP - 14
JO - Journal of Gerontological Nursing
JF - Journal of Gerontological Nursing
IS - 7
ER -