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Area of Science:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Health Informatics
  • Palliative Care

Background:

  • Patients with end-stage disease may receive unwanted aggressive resuscitation if unable to communicate during emergencies.
  • Accessible resuscitation wishes (code status) are crucial for emergency care and should be an electronic health record (EHR) metric.
  • This study addresses the availability and retrieval speed of code status documents for end-stage disease patients in the emergency department (ED).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the percentage of end-stage disease patients with accessible code status documents in the ED.
  • To assess the retrieval time for available code status documentation.
  • To compare documented code status with patients' current resuscitation wishes.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study of ED patients with end-stage disease.
  • Standardized, timed review of health records and transfer documents.
  • Interviews with patients and substitute decision-makers to verify code status.

Main Results:

  • Code status documentation was unavailable within 15 minutes for 63% of patients.
  • When available, retrieval was under five minutes, especially if "one click deep" in the EHR.
  • 63% of interviewed patients wished "do not resuscitate," with 10 having no documentation; documented status was more likely for those in assisted-living or long-term care facilities.

Conclusions:

  • Most end-stage disease patients lack readily available code status documents in the ED, risking unwanted resuscitation.
  • Community-dwelling patients with advanced disease are at higher risk for unwanted interventions.
  • Accessible EHR documentation is promising but requires validation for accuracy and validity.