A National Quality Initiative to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes: Identifying Enabling Factors that Drive Quality Improvement
Quality improvement involving outcome measurement and benchmarking in palliative care requires education and structured implementation with ongoing feedback. The PCOC initiative demonstrates that improving patient outcomes involves more than collecting and analyzing outcome measures and benchmarking-it requires integrated assessment models, education, and resources to support information-driven quality improvement.
Authors
- David C. Currow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-1250)
- Lisa Redwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3725-4093)
- Jesse Rand
- Sabina P Clapham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5993-6768)
- Kylie Draper
- Katherine Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5438-9064)
- Fiorina Mastroianni
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Palliative Medicine Reports
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1089/pmr.2024.0092
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88