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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Dec 8;63(5):e489–e494. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.12.002

Table 1.

Presence of Advance Care Planning (ACP) Documentation in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) of Adults in the Emergency Department at Higher Risk for Need for Goals of care Discussions

Total cohort (n=160) Age <65 with cancer cohort (n=51) Age ≥65 yrs cohort (n=109)
ESI 2.48 2.46 2.50
ACP label in EHR Storyboard accurate 95% (n=152) 98.0% (n=50) 93.6% (n=102)
ACP documents in the EHR 30.0% (n=48) 23% (n=12) 33.0% (n=36)
Code status discussed or changed 68% (n=108) 63.3% (n=69)

Abbrevations: yrs = years; ESI = Emergency Severity Index; ACP = Advance Care Planning; HER = Electronic Health Record.