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Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Geriatrics and Palliative Care

The Geriatrics and Palliative Care Standing Committee oversees the consensus based entity's geriatric, palliative, and end-of-life care measures. Measures in this portfolio address physical aspects of care, including the management of pain, dyspnea, and constipation. The portfolio also includes measures addressing several of the other domains of care including spiritual, psychological, cultural, and legal aspects of care and care of the patient at the end of life.

Measures

Project

Measures

CBE ID Title Sort descending Steward Submission Type E&M Cycle
0326 Advance Care Plan National Committee for Quality Assurance Maintenance Fall 2020
3665 Ambulatory Palliative Care Patients’ Experience of Feeling Heard and Understood American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Maintenance Fall 2021
3666 Ambulatory Palliative Care Patients’ Experience of Receiving Desired Help for Pain American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Maintenance Fall 2021
1647 Beliefs and Values - Percentage of hospice patients with documentation in the clinical record of a discussion of spiritual/religious concerns or documentation that the patient/caregiver did not want to discuss. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Maintenance Fall 2021
0209 Comfortable Dying: Pain Brought to a Comfortable Level Within 48 Hours of Initial Assessment National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Maintenance Fall 2020
3500 Evaluation of Cognitive Function for Home-Based Primary Care and Palliative Care Patients American Academy of Home Care Medicine Maintenance Spring 2019
3497 Evaluation of Functional Status (Basic and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living [ADL]) for Home-Based Primary Care and Palliative Care Patients American Academy of Home Care Medicine Maintenance Spring 2019
1639 Hospice and Palliative Care -- Dyspnea Screening University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Maintenance Fall 2021
1638 Hospice and Palliative Care -- Dyspnea Treatment University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Maintenance Fall 2021
1637 Hospice and Palliative Care -- Pain Assessment University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Maintenance Fall 2021
Final Reports

Media

Final Reports

Materials

Materials

Materials

Material File Material Type Cycle
Geriatrics-and-Palliative-Care-Fall-2022-Final-Project-Report.pdf Final Report Fall 2022
Geriatrics-and-Palliative-Care-Post-Comment-Meeting-Summary.pdf Meeting summary Fall 2022
Fall-2022-Post-Comment-Developer-Responses.xlsx Developer responses to comments Fall 2022
Fall-2022-GPC-Post-Comment-Slides.pdf Presentation slides Fall 2022
Fall-2022-GPC-Post-Comment-Memo.pdf Memo Fall 2022
Fall-2022-GPC-Post-Comment-Agenda.pdf Agenda Fall 2022