2016
Examining the context and helpfulness of family companion contributions to older adults’ primary care visits
Wolff J, Guan Y, Boyd C, Vick J, Amjad H, Roth D, Gitlin L, Roter D. Examining the context and helpfulness of family companion contributions to older adults’ primary care visits. Patient Education And Counseling 2016, 100: 487-494. PMID: 27817986, PMCID: PMC5350029, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care visitsMedical decision-makingCare visitsFamily companionsVisits of patientsOlder adultsAdult primary care visitsActive involvement of familiesPrimary care communicationPatient information exchangeInvolvement of familiesPatient-centerednessCare communicationPatient surveySelf-managementCompanion participationDoctors' understandingDecision-makingImproving doctors' understandingPatient preferencesMedical communicationHealthVisitsOlder patientsActive involvement
2015
Development of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention
Bernacki R, Hutchings M, Vick J, Smith G, Paladino J, Lipsitz S, Gawande A, Block S. Development of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention. BMJ Open 2015, 5: e009032. PMID: 26443662, PMCID: PMC4606432, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdvance Care PlanningCluster AnalysisHumansNeoplasmsPalliative CarePatient SatisfactionQuality ImprovementSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsSerious Illness Care ProgramRandomised controlled trialsCommunication interventionsCare programReceipt of goal-concordant careAdvance care planning discussionsCluster randomised controlled trialCare planning discussionsGoal-concordant careControlled trialsHigh-quality careEnd of lifePatients receive careMedical recordsElectronic medical recordsQuality of lifePeer-reviewed publicationsSelf-reported dataPatients' medical recordsUsual careClinician satisfactionPatient receiptQuality of communicationPlanning discussionsInstitute Institutional Review Board