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 failureHigh-Intensity Care for Nursing Home Residents with Severe Dementia Hospitalized at the End of Life: A Mixed Methods Study
Cohen A, McDonald W, O'Leary J, Omer Z, Fried T. High-Intensity Care for Nursing Home Residents with Severe Dementia Hospitalized at the End of Life: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2024, 25: 871-875. PMID: 38462230, PMCID: PMC11065599, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNursing home residentsHigh-intensity careSevere dementiaMixed methods studyHome residentsIntensive care unit transferVeterans AffairsIntensive care unitMethods studyHealth system-level factorsDepartment of Veterans AffairsMinimum Data SetEnd of lifeSystem-level factorsNon-Hispanic whitesEnd-of-lifeElectronic medical recordsQualitative content analysisNursing homesLiving willsVA hospitalsHigh-intensity treatmentIdentified veteransNursesPatient preferences
2022
Giving up on the objective of providing goal‐concordant care: Advance care planning for improving caregiver outcomes
Fried TR. Giving up on the objective of providing goal‐concordant care: Advance care planning for improving caregiver outcomes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 70: 3006-3011. PMID: 35974460, PMCID: PMC9588724, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningGoal-concordant careCaregiver outcomesCare planningAdvance directivesPost-traumatic stress disorderEnd of lifeAdverse outcomesPatient goalsPatient Self-Determination ActElevated riskPatient's life storyAppropriate careSelf-Determination ActStress disorderCareCaregiversHealthcare agentsOutcomesPatientsFacilitation of communicationPrimary objectiveCritical determinantClinicians
2001
Documentation of discussions about prognosis with terminally ill patients
Bradley E, Hallemeier A, Fried T, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Cherlin E, Kasl S, Horwitz S. Documentation of discussions about prognosis with terminally ill patients. The American Journal Of Medicine 2001, 111: 218-223. PMID: 11530033, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(01)00798-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll patientsMedical recordsDocumentation of discussionInoperable lung cancerStandardized abstraction formAdvance care planningLife-sustaining treatmentEnd of lifeClinical factorsMedical chartsIll inpatientsLung cancerCommunity hospitalResuscitate ordersAbstraction formCare planningGall bladderPatientsPrognosisFuture careFamily preferencesInpatientsCancerTreatmentPrevious studies
2000
Attitudes about Care at the End of Life among Clinicians: A Quick, Reliable, and Valid Assessment Instrument
Bradley E, Cicchetti D, Fried T, Rousseau D, Johnson-Hurzeler R, Kasl S, Horwitz S. Attitudes about Care at the End of Life among Clinicians: A Quick, Reliable, and Valid Assessment Instrument. Journal Of Palliative Care 2000, 16: 6-14. PMID: 10802958, DOI: 10.1177/082585970001600103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd of lifeCross-sectional studyQuality of careAcceptable test-retest reliabilityTest-retest reliabilityClinicians' attitudesNurses' attitudesTerminal careAssessment instrumentsTerminal illnessGeneral medicineGeriatric medicineValid assessment instrumentsCareImpact of initiativesCliniciansEducational programsMedicinePatientsIllnessPhysiciansOncologyCardiologyLife