TABLE 5 ] .

Strategies to Improve Integration of Palliative Care and Rapid Response Intensive Care

Strategies
• Develop an RRT-specific program of training on core palliative care knowledge/skills, in which clinicians must demonstrate competency (eg, skills for emergent discussion of care goals)
• Initiate an institutional effort to facilitate advance care planning and related documentation for hospitalized patients
• Identify an interprofessional group of individuals, including pastoral care and mental health clinicians, who can help the RRT address palliative care needs of patients and families
• Monitor and evaluate (with regular review and feedback of data) outcomes of RRT care and triage decision-making
• Engage the full RRT and representatives across all relevant fields in a data-driven, interdisciplinary improvement effort

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