Site characteristics
| Site characteristics | No. (%) of participating sites n = 12 |
|---|---|
| Academic or teaching facility | 12 (100.0) |
| A mechanism in place to enable access to the most current advance care planning/goal-of-care discussion documents | 11 (91.7) |
| A standardized folder or other strategy to locate advance care planning/goal-of-care discussion documents | 12 (100.0) |
| Ensures that clinical staff have access to the necessary professional development resources | 11 (91.7) |
| Documented advance care planning policies and procedures | 10 (83.3) |
| Policies and procedures in place so that “high-risk” patients participate in advance care planning/goal-of-care discussion processes | 7 (58.3) |
| A continuous quality improvement initiative that audits and provides feedback to teams | 6 (50.0) |
| Management evaluates advance care planning knowledge and skills among relevant staff | 8 (66.7) |
| A process in place whereby patients with a specific disease are offered disease-specific advance directives | 4 (33.3) |