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Outcome Goals and Health Care Preferences of Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Tinetti ME, Costello DM, Naik AD, Davenport C, Hernandez-Bigos K, Van Liew JR, Esterson J, Kiwak E, Dindo L. Outcome Goals and Health Care Preferences of Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e211271. PMID: 33760091, PMCID: PMC7991967, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health CareFemaleGoalsHumansMaleMultiple Chronic ConditionsPatient PreferenceTreatment OutcomeConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsHealth care preferencesHealth care activitiesCare preferencesChronic conditionsCare activitiesOlder adultsRealistic outcome goalsEmergency department visitsHealth care visitsPrimary care practicesCross-sectional studyHealth-related barriersOutcome goalsEligible patientsPain medicationCare visitsDepartment visitsSleep medicationHealth outcome goalsMean ageCare studiesGlucose levelsMAIN OUTCOMEMedicationsDecision Making for Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Executive Summary for the American Geriatrics Society Guiding Principles on the Care of Older Adults With Multimorbidity
Boyd C, Smith CD, Masoudi FA, Blaum CS, Dodson JA, Green AR, Kelley A, Matlock D, Ouellet J, Rich MW, Schoenborn NL, Tinetti ME. Decision Making for Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Executive Summary for the American Geriatrics Society Guiding Principles on the Care of Older Adults With Multimorbidity. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2019, 67: 665-673. PMID: 30663782, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsPatients' health prioritiesHealth priorityAmerican Geriatrics SocietyOlder adultsChronic conditionsSpecialty careGeriatrics SocietySystematic reviewHealth trajectoriesOlder peopleAction stepsCareAdultsMultimorbidityCliniciansCommunication scriptsExecutive summaryHealthPotential benefitsAlign decisionsPatientsReviewGeriatriciansCardiologists
2023
Persons living with dementia and multiple chronic conditions identifying health priorities with care partners
Vu T, Mroz E, Hernandez‐Bigos K, Chow D, Ternent R, Johnson K, Tinetti M, Monin J. Persons living with dementia and multiple chronic conditions identifying health priorities with care partners. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 71: 2005-2008. PMID: 36705432, PMCID: PMC10836201, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18257.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Challenges and strategies in patients’ health priorities-aligned decision-making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions
Tinetti M, Dindo L, Smith CD, Blaum C, Costello D, Ouellet G, Rosen J, Hernandez-Bigos K, Geda M, Naik A. Challenges and strategies in patients’ health priorities-aligned decision-making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0218249. PMID: 31181117, PMCID: PMC6557523, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients' health prioritiesMultiple chronic conditionsHealth priorityChronic conditionsPatient prioritiesPatient Priorities CarePrimary care cliniciansCare of patientsCare cliniciansPrimary carePatient outcomesCardiology practicePatientsCare optionsCare PilotCliniciansOlder adultsSerial trialsCarePriority careImplementation teamQualitative studyMultiple conditionsAdditional settingsMultiplicity of problems
2018
Feasibility of Implementing Patient Priorities Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Blaum CS, Rosen J, Naik AD, Smith CD, Dindo L, Vo L, Hernandez‐Bigos K, Esterson J, Geda M, Ferris R, Costello D, Acampora D, Meehan T, Tinetti ME. Feasibility of Implementing Patient Priorities Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66: 2009-2016. PMID: 30281777, PMCID: PMC7015118, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient Priorities CarePrimary care providersMultiple chronic conditionsOlder adultsChronic conditionsElectronic health record supportStudy-Act cyclesImplementation feasibility studyClinical championsHealth outcome goalsPrimary careClinicians' perceptionsTreatment decisionsPatient prioritiesClinic workflowClinician concernsCardiology practiceCare providersPDSA cyclesEHR documentationClinical settingHealthcare preferencesPriority discussionInterprofessional communicationClinicians
2016
Patient Priority–Directed Decision Making and Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Tinetti ME, Esterson J, Ferris R, Posner P, Blaum CS. Patient Priority–Directed Decision Making and Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 2016, 32: 261-275. PMID: 27113145, DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedClinical Decision-MakingDecision MakingHumansMultiple Chronic ConditionsPatient Care PlanningPatient ComfortPatient PreferenceTerminal Care