2023
Validation of Electronic Health Record-Based Algorithms to Identify Specialist Palliative Care Within the Department of Veterans Affairs
Feder S, Zhan Y, Abel E, Smith D, Ersek M, Fried T, Redeker N, Akgün K. Validation of Electronic Health Record-Based Algorithms to Identify Specialist Palliative Care Within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2023, 66: e475-e483. PMID: 37364737, PMCID: PMC10527602, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.06.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecialist palliative careInpatient encountersCurrent Procedural TerminologyPalliative careICD-9/ICDICD-9/10 codesCohort of peopleVeterans Affairs facilitiesStop codeNegative predictive valueElectronic health recordsChart reviewHeart failureAdministrative databasesSpecific clinicPredictive valueICD codesProcedural TerminologyVeterans AffairsOutpatientsHealth recordsAdministrative dataReference standardCareConsultation
2022
Incidence and Trends in the Use of Palliative Care among Patients with Reduced, Middle-Range, and Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure
Feder SL, Murphy TE, Abel EA, Akgün KM, Warraich HJ, Ersek M, Fried T, Redeker NS. Incidence and Trends in the Use of Palliative Care among Patients with Reduced, Middle-Range, and Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2022, 25: 1774-1781. PMID: 35763838, PMCID: PMC9784595, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFemaleHeart FailureHumansMalePalliative CareRetrospective StudiesStroke VolumeUnited StatesConceptsPalliative careEjection fractionHeart failureHF subtypesIncidence rateEjection fraction heart failureMid-range ejection fractionRetrospective cohort studyKaplan-Meier analysisClinical practice guidelinesCare of patientsMean survival timePalliative needsCohort studyHF diagnosisHFpEFHFmEFPractice guidelinesSurvival timePatientsSix weeksVeterans AffairsSubtypesHFrEFCare