Background: Seriously ill patients in hospital have indicated that better communication with
practitioners is vital for improving care. The aim of this study was to assess whether the …

Abstract Background: The Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) is a communication
intervention that builds clinician capacity to have earlier, more values-based conversations …

Importance Discussions about goals of care with patients who are seriously ill typically occur
infrequently and late in the illness trajectory, are of low quality, and focus narrowly on the …

Purpose: Primary care clinicians face barriers to engaging patients in conversations about
prognosis, values, and goals (“serious illness conversations”). We introduced a structured …

Objective Communication about patients' values, goals, and prognosis in serious illness
(serious illness communication) is a cornerstone of person-centered care yet difficult to …

Improving communication about goals and values for patients with advancing serious illness
nearing the end of life is a key opportunity to improve the value of care. The Serious Illness …

Background When doctors have honest conversations with patients about their illness and
involve them in decisions about their care, patients express greater satisfaction with care …

Purpose: Guidelines suggest that advance care planning (ACP) and goals-of-care
discussions should be conducted for patients with advanced cancer early in the course of …

Background Ariadne Labs' Serious Illness Care Program (SICP), inclusive of the Serious
Illness Conversation Guide (SICG), has been adapted for use in a variety of settings and …

Purpose Seriously ill patients in low-income and minority populations have lower rates of
advance care planning. Initiatives that promote serious illness (SI) conversations in …