Shelli Feder, PhD, APRN, FNP (BC), ACHPN, FAAN
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2024
Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study
Feder S, Han L, Zhan Y, Abel E, Akgün K, Fried T, Ersek M, Redeker N. Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2024 PMID: 39515377, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterEnd of lifeCare qualityInpatient hospiceEnd of life outcomesUse of hospiceInpatient hospice careMedical CenterMultilevel logistic regressionFamilies of patientsAffairs Medical CenterHospice carePalliative careRetrospective cohort studyAdvanced heart failureBlack adultsHospiceCohort studyFacility rateLogistic regressionStudy outcomesObservational studyCareHeart failureIdentifying Barriers to SGLT2 Inhibitor Use in Patients with CKD: A Qualitative Analysis
Elmostafa R, Dower J, Castro A, Chan L, Riwes G, Feder S, Mansour S. Identifying Barriers to SGLT2 Inhibitor Use in Patients with CKD: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2024, 35: 10.1681/asn.2024r9qxz23r. DOI: 10.1681/asn.2024r9qxz23r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation Between Restricting Symptoms and Disability After Critical Illness Among Older Adults.
Jain S, Han L, Gahbauer E, Leo-Summers L, Feder S, Ferrante L, Gill T. Association Between Restricting Symptoms and Disability After Critical Illness Among Older Adults. Critical Care Medicine 2024, 52: 1816-1827. PMID: 39298623, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActivities of daily livingAssociated with increased disabilityDaily livingOlder adultsRestricting symptomsInstrumental activities of daily livingCommunity-living older adultsICU hospitalizationMultivariable Poisson regression modelsCommunity-living adultsOlder ICU survivorsAge of participantsPoisson regression modelsSurvive critical illnessCritical illnessQuality of lifeInstrumental activitiesICU survivorsProspective longitudinal studyLength of stayPost-ICUIncreased disabilityMonthly interviewsICU length of stayPre-ICUVeterans' use of inpatient and outpatient palliative care: The national landscape
Kaufman B, Woolson S, Stanwyck C, Burns M, Dennis P, Ma J, Feder S, Thorpe J, Hastings S, Bekelman D, Van Houtven C. Veterans' use of inpatient and outpatient palliative care: The national landscape. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 3385-3397. PMID: 39180221, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care encountersPalliative care userSpecialty palliative carePalliative careLife-limiting conditionsCare encountersCare settingsCare usersHospice useOlder adultsInpatient palliative careOutpatient palliative carePalliative care usePalliative care utilizationOutpatient care settingsQuality of lifeVeteran characteristicsCare useVeteran demographicsCare utilizationVeterans' useCare expansionSociodemographic factorsInpatient settingSocioeconomic statusParent-Clinician Communication and Prolonged Grief in Parents Whose Child Died From Cancer
Ouyang N, Baker J, Ananth P, Knobf M, Snaman J, Feder S. Parent-Clinician Communication and Prolonged Grief in Parents Whose Child Died From Cancer. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 68: 516-524.e1. PMID: 39142495, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-lifeParent-clinician communicationProlonged grief symptomsGrief symptomsChild's end-of-lifeCross-sectional survey of parents of childrenEnd-of-life careHigh-quality end-of-lifeProlonged griefSum scoreSurvey of parents of childrenCross-sectional surveyParents of childrenAdequate prognostic informationBereaved parentsPrognostic informationChild deathsParents' experiencesMultiple linear regressionPG-13Analyzed dataLinear regressionAssociationGriefChildrenClinician Insights into Effective Components, Delivery Characteristics, and Implementation Strategies of Ambulatory Palliative Care for People with Heart Failure: A Qualitative Analysis
Feder S, Iannone L, Lendvai D, Zhan Y, Akgün K, Ersek M, Luhrs C, Allen L, Bekelman D, Goldstein N, Kavalieratos D. Clinician Insights into Effective Components, Delivery Characteristics, and Implementation Strategies of Ambulatory Palliative Care for People with Heart Failure: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2024 PMID: 39098653, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterCardiology cliniciansPalliative careImplementation strategiesDelivery characteristicsDiscussion of goals of careSpecialist palliative care cliniciansAmbulatory palliative careGoals of careGuideline-directed careQualitative descriptive studyAffairs Medical CenterSemi-structured interviewsCare deliveryAdvanced practiceLeadership supportVA systemReferral proceduresDescriptive studyAmbulatory settingClinicians insightCareHeart failureMedical CenterPalliative Pharmacotherapy for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Di Palo K, Feder S, Baggenstos Y, Cornelio C, Forman D, Goyal P, Kwak M, McIlvennan C, Nursing O. Palliative Pharmacotherapy for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2024, 17: e000131. PMID: 38946532, DOI: 10.1161/hcq.0000000000000131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality of lifeCardiovascular diseaseExcess health care useGoal-oriented careHealth care useShared decision-makingEnhance quality of lifePalliative pharmacotherapyMedical managementScientific statementEvidence-based medical therapyPulmonary arterial hypertensionSpectrum of cardiovascular diseasesAmerican Heart AssociationCoronary heart diseaseEnd-stage heart failurePalliative medicineCare usePalliative approachArterial hypertensionGuideline-directedMedical therapyDevice therapyHeart failureWorsening symptomsOpportunities to Improve End-of-Life Care Quality among Patients with Short Terminal Admissions
Sullivan D, Jones K, Wachterman M, Griffin H, Kinder D, Smith D, Thorpe J, Feder S, Ersek M, Kutney-Lee A. Opportunities to Improve End-of-Life Care Quality among Patients with Short Terminal Admissions. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 68: 329-339. PMID: 38810950, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd-of-lifeLife-limiting conditionsTerminal admissionPalliative careEnd-of-life care quality indicatorsEnd-of-life care qualityEnd-of-life careImprove end-of-lifeDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VAVA inpatient settingsVeterans Affairs (VACare quality indicatorsNon-cancer conditionsCare qualityInpatient decedentsHealthcare useVeteran decedentsAcute careNon-VAInpatient settingVA hospitalsShort admissionsCareLonger admissionsQuality indicatorsFinding the Difference Makers: Revealing Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Palliative Care Outcomes Through Coincidence Analysis (ME302)
Feder S, Zhan Y, Miech E. Finding the Difference Makers: Revealing Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Palliative Care Outcomes Through Coincidence Analysis (ME302). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 67: e847. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.02.490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative careHospice careComplex interventionsDelivery of palliative careReceipt of palliative carePresence of multiple conditionsBackground Palliative carePalliative care deliveryPalliative care researchDepartment of Veterans AffairsPalliative care outcomesImplementation science studyHealth services researchMedical CenterVA Medical CenterCare deliveryCare outcomesMultiple conditionsPeer-reviewed literatureCare researchImplementation scienceVeterans AffairsHospiceServices researchCareThe Future of State Workforce Policy in Palliative Care
Sinclair S, Feder S, Rusyn E. The Future of State Workforce Policy in Palliative Care. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 67: e701-e702. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.02.175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care workforcePalliative care policyCare workforcePalliative careWorkforce policyCare policySkill buildingPalliative care principlesPrimary careClinician shortagesCare principlesHealthcare professionalsBehavioral healthHealth AffairsWorkforce developmentCare paymentsWorkforce concernsHealth fieldState-level initiativesCareState-level policiesLoan forgivenessHealthWorkforceParticipants
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- January 08, 2024
Use of Palliative Care for ICU Patients, Families
- October 25, 2023
Assessing Symptoms in Older Adults After Critical Illness
- November 16, 2022
Discoveries & Impact (November 2022)
- April 22, 2020Source: Yale School of Nursing
Palliative Care Principles Can Ease COVID-19 Challenges