Overcoming Barriers to Providing Medical Aid in Dying Services Using a Provider-Facing Navigator and the Electronic Health Record
As increasing numbers of states adopt aid in dying legislation, health care system infrastructure to support clinical practice and state legal requirements remains limited. This article describes how UCHealth, a combined academic and community health care system in Colorado, implemented a unique program utilizing electronic health record tools and a provider-facing navigator to provide real-time assistance for this infrequent but high-risk clinical care.
Authors
- Alexandra Weeks
- Hemali Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0311-7944)
- Jean S. Kutner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-831X)
- Dickson Cheung
- Isaac Bennett
- Michael Mitchell
- Kelly Eichhorn
Institutions
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Medical Quality
- Published
- 2026-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jmq.0000000000000362
- Primary Topic
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00