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Goals of Care Conversations Study
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
The long term goal is to improve quality of care in Veterans with serious illnesses by aligning medical care with Veterans' goals and values. The objective of this study is to use a sequentially randomized trial to determine what implementation strategies are effective to increase early, outpatient goals of care conversations. The study will use interviews with and surveys of medical providers, patients, and caregivers, along with medical record data. This work is significant because it tests ways Veterans can express their goals and preferences for life sustaining treatments and have them honored.
Official title: Improving Implementation of Outpatient Goals of Care Conversations for Veterans With Serious Illness
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
72
Start Date
2022-09-13
Completion Date
2025-09-30
Last Updated
2024-12-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Clinician Implementation Strategy Stage 1: low intensity clinician training
A "booster" of the established LSTDI implementation strategy. Clinicians will be presented with summary written/electronic materials on the LSTDI developed for the study. Online training options and when and how to complete goals of care conversations and documentation will be highlighted.
Clinician Implementation Strategy Stage 2: high intensity clinician training
This includes two components: 1. Team facilitation to help the primary care team (advance practice provider, nurse, social worker) work together to create roles and responsibilities for accomplishing goals of care conversations with patients 2. A patient list "trigger" of patients potentially eligible for goals of care conversations (the patient study population) will be sent to the primary care clinicians.
Low patient engagement
Patients will be sent information about goals of care conversations, including the PREPARE website.
High patient engagement
Patients will be sent information about goals of care conversations, including the PREPARE website. Follow-up phone calls to discuss goals of care conversations and the PREPARE website will be made.
Locations (3)
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, California, United States
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA
West Los Angeles, California, United States
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Aurora, Colorado, United States