2017
INVOLVING FAMILY TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION IN PRIMARY CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Wolff J, Amjad H, Boyd C, Echavarria D, Gitlin L, Roter D, Smith K, Vick J. INVOLVING FAMILY TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION IN PRIMARY CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. Innovation In Aging 2017, 1: 1368-1368. PMCID: PMC6184352, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.5033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOlder adultsCare providersCommunication interventionsOlder primary care patientsToday's health care environmentCognitive impairmentPrimary care patientsPrimary care providersHealth care providersHealth care environmentPatient health issuesVisit communicationPatient-centerednessPrimary careCare environmentFamily companionsCare patientsInvolving familiesMedical visitsEvidence-basedCompanion rolesHealth issuesQualitative findingsInterventionProviders
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 ResearchConceptsSerious 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