Palliative Resources for Clinicians

• Advance Care Planning Across the Care Continuum
  Presentation by Rashmi Kaura, MD, Associate Medical Director of BILH at Home – Watertown​
• Advance Care Planning Screen for All Patients on Admission
• Advance Care Planning Guidance – ED and Inpatient Settings
• Completing HCP and MOLST Virtually
• Prognostic Information
• Comfort-Focused Care
  
• Local Hospices Accepting COVID-19 Patients
• BILH at Home Palliative Care Coverage Areas
• IDMC/MGH Grand Rounds:  Palliative Care in a Pandemic, April 2, 2020
  https://vimeo.com/412282509
• To Face Coronavirus Disease 2019, Surgeons Must Embrace Palliative Care, JAMA, April 28, 2020

VitalTalk COVID—19 Communications Playbook
Developed by VitalTalk, this playbook provides communications guides for clinicians on a range of topics specific to COVID-19, including:

• Screening: When Someone Is Worried They Might Be Infected
• Preferencing: When Someone May Want to Opt Out Of Hospitalization
• Triaging: When You’re Deciding Where A Patient Should Go
• Admitting: When Your Patient Needs the Hospital, Or The ICU
• Counseling: When Coping Needs A Boost, Or Emotions Are Running High
• Deciding: When Things Aren’t Going Well, Goals of Care, Code Status
• Resourcing: When Limitations Force You to Choose, And Even Ration
• Notifying: When You Are Telling Someone Over the Phone
• Anticipating: When You’re Worrying About What Might Happen
• Grieving: When You’ve Lost Someone
• Proactive Planning: Talking Map for Planning in Contingency
• Resource Limits: Talking Map for Crisis Only
• The Last Family Call: Talking Map for Talking to A Family Member

CAPC COVID-19 Response Resources
From the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), this collection of resources specific to COVID-19 includes: 

• Communication Scripts and Conversation Videos
• Symptom Management Protocols
• Palliative Care Team Tools
• Using Telehealth
• Resilience
• Medicare and Medicaid COVID-19 Waivers + State Policy COVID Tracker
• Voices from the Front Line
• Patient and Family Support Resources
• Federal COVID-19 Guidance
• Specific Patient Populations
• Setting-Specific Guidance
• Role of Palliative Care

• Conversation Guide for Inpatient Care
  This guide will help clinicians speak with patients in inpatient settings who are hospitalized with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 about their priorities for their care.
• Telehealth Communications Tips
  Guidance on conducting remote conversations, via phone or video
• The Importance of Addressing Advance Care Planning and Decisions about Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders During COVID-19
  JAMA, March 27, 2020
• Techniques to Respond to Emotion in Telemedicine Encounters
  REACH Palliative Care Team, April 2019 newsletter
• Simulated Inpatient Virtual Visit (9-minute video)

• Advance Care Planning Across the Care Continuum
  Presentation by Rashmi Kaura, MD, Associate Medical Director of BILH at Home – Watertown​
• Advance Care Planning Screen for All Patients on Admission
• Completing HCP and MOLST Virtually
• Prognostic Information
  
• BILH at Home Palliative Care Coverage Areas
• IDMC/MGH Grand Rounds:  Palliative Care in a Pandemic, April 2, 2020
  https://vimeo.com/412282509
• To Face Coronavirus Disease 2019, Surgeons Must Embrace Palliative Care, JAMA, April 28, 2020

VitalTalk COVID—19 Communications Playbook
Developed by VitalTalk, this playbook provides communications guides for clinicians on a range of topics specific to COVID-19, including:

• Screening: When Someone Is Worried They Might Be Infected
• Preferencing: When Someone May Want to Opt Out of Hospitalization
• Triaging: When You’re Deciding Where A Patient Should Go
• Admitting: When Your Patient Needs the Hospital, Or The ICU
• Counseling: When Coping Needs A Boost, Or Emotions Are Running High
• Deciding: When Things Aren’t Going Well, Goals of Care, Code Status
• Resourcing: When Limitations Force You to Choose, And Even Ration
• Notifying: When You Are Telling Someone Over the Phone
• Anticipating: When You’re Worrying About What Might Happen
• Grieving: When You’ve Lost Someone
• Proactive Planning: Talking Map for Planning in Contingency
• Resource Limits: Talking Map for Crisis Only
• The Last Family Call: Talking Map for Talking to A Family Member

CAPC COVID-19 Response Resources
From the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), this collection of resources specific to COVID-19 includes: 

• Communication Scripts and Conversation Videos
• Symptom Management Protocols
• Palliative Care Team Tools
• Using Telehealth
• Resilience
• Medicare and Medicaid COVID-19 Waivers + State Policy COVID Tracker
• Voices from the Front Line
• Patient and Family Support Resources
• Federal COVID-19 Guidance
• Specific Patient Populations
• Setting-Specific Guidance
• Role of Palliative Care

• Conversation Guide for Outpatient Care
  The guide will help clinicians engage in compassionate conversations with high-risk patients about how they can best protect themselves and help them understand what matters most to each patient in the context of COVID-19. 
• Recommendations for Outpatient Care
  This aid provides a framework to create holistic recommendations after a conversation with a patient who has underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe complications of COVID-19, should they contract it.
• Telehealth Communications Tips
  Guidance on conducting remote conversations, via phone or video
• The Importance of Addressing Advance Care Planning and Decisions about Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders During COVID-19
  JAMA, March 27, 2020
• Techniques to Respond to Emotion in Telemedicine Encounters
  REACH Palliative Care Team, April 2019 newsletter
• Simulated Telemedicine Conversation (10-minute video)