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In Hospitals or Hospices, Pain is the Dying Patient's Frequent Companion

January 1, 1998 | Program Result

Researchers at Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, conducted a survey to explore to what extent the results of the SUPPORT project could be generalized.

Feeling No Pain: Video Releases Publicize Improved Treatment

October 29, 2004 | Program Result

Project staff at Home Front Communications, Washington created and distributed to local television stations a video news feed to raise public awareness about new hospital pain management standards.

Initial Psychometric Properties of the Pain Care Quality Survey (PainCQ)

December 1, 2010 | Journal Article

A new tool measures interdisciplinary and nursing care quality of pain management from a patient's perspective.

Measuring the Quality of Care Related to Pain Management

March 1, 2010 | Journal Article

A new approach to measuring pain management enhances methods for examining the effects of nursing on patient outcomes and can improve understanding of how nurses make a difference in the lives of individuals with pain.

A Story from Pathways of Caring: Model Program to Provide Comprehensive Palliative Care to Veterans

May 15, 2008 | Program Result

The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center is the largest in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system, and an easy place to get lost in - literally, and medically.

Pathways of Caring: Model Program to Provide Comprehensive Palliative Care to Veterans

May 15, 2008 | Program Result

The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center operated Pathways of Caring to help dying veterans receiving health care services at the medical center.

Introducing Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Services in Seven Intensive Care Units

May 15, 2008 | Program Result

The University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle created an intervention designed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Creating More Patient Autonomy for Pain Management Through a "Pain Poster"

June 4, 2008 | Story

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center improved management of pain and more informed patients through a "pain poster"

Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care

May 18, 2011 | Program Result

Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.

The Cost of Dying

November 22, 2009 | Story

CBS' 60 Minutes reports that many Americans spend their last days in an intensive care unit, subjected to uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their lives at enormous cost.

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