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Hillary D Lum1, Adreanne Brungardt2, Sarah R Jordan2
1Rocky Mountain Regional VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Background:
Electronic health record-based portal tools may help patients engage in advance care planning (ACP). We designed and implemented portal-based ACP tools to enable patients to create a medical durable power of attorney (MDPOA).
Measures:
MDPOA documentation and System Usability Scale were assessed.
Intervention:
Stakeholder-informed portal-based ACP tools include an electronic MDPOA form, patient educational webpage, online messaging, and patient access to completed advance directives.
Outcomes:
A total of 2814 patients used the tools over 15 months. Patients had a mean age 45 years (17-98 years) and 69% were women. Eighty-nine percent completed an MDPOA form, 2% called or sent online messages, and 8% viewed the MDPOA form but did not complete it. The tools were rated highly usable.
Conclusions/Lessons Learned:
Patients demonstrated willingness to use the portal to complete an MDPOA and rated the new ACP tools as highly usable. Future work will optimize population-based outreach strategies to engage patients in ACP through the portal.
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