Rapid Response Team-Driven Palliative Care Consults: A Case Series (QI836)

Rapid response events, often critical moments for seriously ill patients, present as clear opportunities for symptom management, for clarification of goals, and for complex shared decision making. Nevertheless, optimal processes to involve specialty palliative care (PC) in this setting have not been described. At our institution, RRT and PC leaders initiated a quality improvement (QI) project to increase appropriate referrals to PC arising from rapid response events.

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