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Guest Editorial

Quality improvement in end-of-life care

Small-scale innovations can make a dramatic difference

Janice Blanchard Dr Blanchard and Ms McCann are members and Dr Lynn is director of the RAND Center to Improve Care of the Dying, Arlington, Virginia. Dr Blanchard is assistant professor, department of emergency medicine, George Washington Medical Center, Washington, DC. Dr Lynn is clinical professor of health care sciences and medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and president, Americans for Better Care of the Dying, Washington, DC.
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Elizabeth McCann Dr Blanchard and Ms McCann are members and Dr Lynn is director of the RAND Center to Improve Care of the Dying, Arlington, Virginia. Dr Blanchard is assistant professor, department of emergency medicine, George Washington Medical Center, Washington, DC. Dr Lynn is clinical professor of health care sciences and medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and president, Americans for Better Care of the Dying, Washington, DC.
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Joanne Lynn Dr Blanchard and Ms McCann are members and Dr Lynn is director of the RAND Center to Improve Care of the Dying, Arlington, Virginia. Dr Blanchard is assistant professor, department of emergency medicine, George Washington Medical Center, Washington, DC. Dr Lynn is clinical professor of health care sciences and medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and president, Americans for Better Care of the Dying, Washington, DC.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 21-26 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015

References

  • Lynn J, Lynch Schuster J, Kabcenell A. Improving care for the end of life: a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000: 78
  • Hogan C, Lynn J, Gabel J, et al. Medicare beneficiaries' costs and use of care in the last year of life. Washington, DC: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), 2000; publication 00–1. Available at: http://www.medicaring.org/educate/index.html. Accessed Nov 8, 2001
  • Lynn J. Serving patients who may die soon and their families: the role of hospice and other services. JAMA 2001; 285(7): 925–32
  • Lynn J, Nolan K, Kabcenell A, et al. Reforming care for those near the end of life: the promise of quality improvement. In: Snyder L, Quill T, eds. Physician's guide to end-of-life care. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2001: 234–51
  • Lynn J, Harrell FE Jr, Cohn F, et al. Defining the “terminally ill”: insights from SUPPORT. Duquesne Law Rev 1996; 35: 311–36
  • Lynn J, Schall M, Milne C, et al. Quality improvements in end of life care: insights from two collaboratives. Jt Comm J Qual Improv 2000; 26(5): 254–67
  • Lynn 1 pp 62–3
  • Lynn 1 p 50

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