Research

This section includes carefully selected links to published and unpublished research pertaining to advance care planning, Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST), pain management and palliative care. 

To share published and unpublished research on this Web site, contact Patricia Bomba M.D.

Advance Care Planning

2011

• Improving Advanced Illness Care:  The Evolution of State POLST Programs.  AARP Public Policy Institute. 
  April 2011

2010

• Multistate Study Shows POLST (MOLST in NYS) Makes a Real Difference! 
• When we have no voice:  The Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA).  Team1, Cohort III Health LEadership Fellows Program.  A Program of the Community Health Foundation of Western & Central New York.
• Survey Concerning Loss of a Loved One 
• Health Care Proxy Readiness Survey, revised February 2010

2008

• Community Conversations on Compassionate Care (CCCC) Poster presented at the BlueCross BlueShield Association Conference in October 2008
• Employee Healthcare Decisions Survey (2008), Summary Report  Survey
  Results -  Excellus  
• End-of-Life Care Survey of Upstate New Yorkers:  Advance Care Planning Values and Actions, Summary Report, 2008 - Results  Excellus  

2006

• Employee Health Care Decision Survey, 2006 
• Employee Health Care Decision Survey Results, 2006

2004

• Community Conversations on Compassionate Care (CCCC) Pilot Study Results, 2002-2004    

2002

• Employee Health Care Decision Survey, 2002 
• Employee Health Care Decision Survey Results, 2002                 
            

Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

• Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Poster presented at the BlueCross BlueShield Association Conference in October 2008. 
• Monroe & Onondaga Counties MOLST Quality Forum - January 2008
   -  Update on MOLST Facility Implementation and Quality Improvement Audits 
      Onondaga County >read more
      Monroe County >read more
   -  Update on MOLST Implementation Across New York State >read more 
   -  Next Steps for Statewide Expansion >read more      
  
•  Monroe & Onondaga Counties MOLST Community Implementation Facility Survey Results 2006
• Community Implementation of the Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) to Improve Advance Care Directives  Poster presented at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting May 2007 
• End-of-life Care and MOLST Completion Poster presented at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting May 2007
• Healthcare and Community Collaboration:  A Health Plan Model to Improve End-of-Life Care presented at World Congress Care Coordination Conference
  [10/24/06 - pdf]

Pain Management

• Community Principles of Pain Management Outcomes Research

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• End-of-life Care for Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia and Feeding Problems: A Cost-Consequence Analysis Poster presented at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting May 2007 >read more
  

Overall Outcomes for the Community wide Palliative Care Initiative

• Healthcare and Community Collaboration:  A Health Plan Model to Improve End-of-Life Care presented at World Congress Care Coordination Conference
  [10/24/06 - pdf]