Increasing Goals of Care Discussions Among Veterans With Cirrhosis: A Veterans Health Administration Quality Improvement Initiative
GCD documentation increased over time in the context of targeted QI initiatives. Future interventions should be conducted earlier and address illness understanding.
Authors
- Anne M. Walling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-3249)
- Ramsey Cheung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0211-7013)
- Simona Jakab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0695-0758)
- Arpan Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6548-4531)
- Alan Noll
- Ponni Perumalswami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3070-3906)
- Nicole Prause (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1420-9177)
- Jacqueline G O’Leary
- Jasmohan Singh Bajaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4928-3681)
- Patrick Spoutz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-1496)
- Shari S. Rogal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8184-1546)
- Anna Nobbe
- Timothy R. Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1328-0307)
- Abbey Barnard Giustini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8806-7378)
- Heather Patton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3581-5237)
- Rachel M. Hannum
- Fasiha Kanwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1012-8767)
Institutions
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (US)
- University of San Diego (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System (US)
- VA San Diego Healthcare System (US)
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (US)
- VA North Texas Health Care System (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- VA Northwest Network (US)
- Cincinnati VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Long Beach Healthcare System (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003781
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88