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George Demiris - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a multimethod analysis of shared decision making in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings including family caregivers
Palliative Medicine, 2016Co-Authors: Karla T Washington, Debra Parker Oliver, Ashley L Gage, David L Albright, George DemirisAbstract:Background:Much of the existing research on shared decision-making in hospice and palliative care focuses on the provider–patient dyad; little is known about shared decision-making that is inclusive of family members of patients with advanced disease.Aim:We sought to describe shared decision-making as it occurred in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings that included family caregivers as participants using video-conferencing technology.Design:We conducted a multimethod study in which we used content and thematic analysis techniques to analyze video-recordings of hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings (n = 100), individual interviews of family caregivers (n = 73) and hospice staff members (n = 78), and research field notes.Setting/participants:Participants in the original studies from which data for this analysis were drawn were hospice family caregivers and staff members employed by one of five different community-based hospice agencies located in the Midwestern United States.Results:Shared decision-ma...
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family caregiver participation in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings how does it affect the nature and content of communication
Health Communication, 2013Co-Authors: Elaine Wittenberglyles, Debra Parker Oliver, Robin L Kruse, George Demiris, Ashley L Gage, Ken WagnerAbstract:Collaboration between family caregivers and health care providers is necessary to ensure patient-centered care, especially for hospice patients. During hospice care, Interdisciplinary Team members meet biweekly to collaborate and develop holistic care plans that address the physical, spiritual, psychological, and social needs of patients and families. The purpose of this study was to explore Team communication when video-conferencing is used to facilitate the family caregiver's participation in a hospice Team meeting. Video-recorded Team meetings with and without family caregiver participation were analyzed for communication patterns using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. Standard meetings that did not include caregivers were shorter in duration and task-focused, with little participation from social workers and chaplains. Meetings that included caregivers revealed an emphasis on biomedical education and relationship-building between participants, little psychosocial counseling, and increased socioemotional talk from social workers and chaplains. Implications for family participation in hospice Team meetings are highlighted.
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caregiver participation in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings via videophone technology a pilot study to improve pain management
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Debra Parker Oliver, Elaine Wittenberglyles, George Demiris, Davina Porock, Jacqueline Collier, Antony ArthurAbstract:This article discusses a pilot study testing a videophone intervention enabling hospice patients and caregivers to remotely participate in Interdisciplinary Team meetings, with the goal of improving pain management. The aim of this study was to test potential outcome measures and combine the data with qualitative observations to assess the overall feasibility and promise of the intervention. The outcomes evaluated included hospice patient quality of life, caregiver perceptions of pain medications, caregiver quality of life, and caregiver anxiety related to Team participation. The pilot study showed that caregiver participation in the care planning process is feasible and may change caregiver perceptions of pain medication, potentially improving pain management for hospice patients.
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the active intervention in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings exploring family caregiver and hospice Team communication
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2010Co-Authors: Elaine Wittenberglyles, Debra Parker Oliver, George Demiris, Paula K. BaldwinAbstract:Article describing family caregiver and hospice Team communication and the ACTive intervention in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings.
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the role of the hospice medical director as observed in Interdisciplinary Team case reviews
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Debra Parker Oliver, Elaine Wittenberglyles, George Demiris, Kelly Regehr, Paul Tatum, Stephanie BurtAbstract:Abstract Background: The purpose of this study was to observe the roles played by six hospice medical directors from two hospice programs during Interdisciplinary Team case reviews. Methods: The study analyzed videotapes of case reviews in two hospice agencies over a two year period. The results indicate that the roles and levels of participation vary. Medical Directors were observed reviewing and assisting with care plans, acting as a liaison with primary physicians, educating staff, consulting with attending physicians, participating in quality assurance activities, and dealing with budget issues. Results: Medical Directors did not make home visits or assume the role of attending physician during the observation period. Conclusions: The study demonstrates variance in roles among medical directors and raises new questions for future research.
Debra Parker Oliver - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a multimethod analysis of shared decision making in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings including family caregivers
Palliative Medicine, 2016Co-Authors: Karla T Washington, Debra Parker Oliver, Ashley L Gage, David L Albright, George DemirisAbstract:Background:Much of the existing research on shared decision-making in hospice and palliative care focuses on the provider–patient dyad; little is known about shared decision-making that is inclusive of family members of patients with advanced disease.Aim:We sought to describe shared decision-making as it occurred in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings that included family caregivers as participants using video-conferencing technology.Design:We conducted a multimethod study in which we used content and thematic analysis techniques to analyze video-recordings of hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings (n = 100), individual interviews of family caregivers (n = 73) and hospice staff members (n = 78), and research field notes.Setting/participants:Participants in the original studies from which data for this analysis were drawn were hospice family caregivers and staff members employed by one of five different community-based hospice agencies located in the Midwestern United States.Results:Shared decision-ma...
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family caregiver participation in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings how does it affect the nature and content of communication
Health Communication, 2013Co-Authors: Elaine Wittenberglyles, Debra Parker Oliver, Robin L Kruse, George Demiris, Ashley L Gage, Ken WagnerAbstract:Collaboration between family caregivers and health care providers is necessary to ensure patient-centered care, especially for hospice patients. During hospice care, Interdisciplinary Team members meet biweekly to collaborate and develop holistic care plans that address the physical, spiritual, psychological, and social needs of patients and families. The purpose of this study was to explore Team communication when video-conferencing is used to facilitate the family caregiver's participation in a hospice Team meeting. Video-recorded Team meetings with and without family caregiver participation were analyzed for communication patterns using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. Standard meetings that did not include caregivers were shorter in duration and task-focused, with little participation from social workers and chaplains. Meetings that included caregivers revealed an emphasis on biomedical education and relationship-building between participants, little psychosocial counseling, and increased socioemotional talk from social workers and chaplains. Implications for family participation in hospice Team meetings are highlighted.
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caregiver participation in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings via videophone technology a pilot study to improve pain management
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Debra Parker Oliver, Elaine Wittenberglyles, George Demiris, Davina Porock, Jacqueline Collier, Antony ArthurAbstract:This article discusses a pilot study testing a videophone intervention enabling hospice patients and caregivers to remotely participate in Interdisciplinary Team meetings, with the goal of improving pain management. The aim of this study was to test potential outcome measures and combine the data with qualitative observations to assess the overall feasibility and promise of the intervention. The outcomes evaluated included hospice patient quality of life, caregiver perceptions of pain medications, caregiver quality of life, and caregiver anxiety related to Team participation. The pilot study showed that caregiver participation in the care planning process is feasible and may change caregiver perceptions of pain medication, potentially improving pain management for hospice patients.
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the active intervention in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings exploring family caregiver and hospice Team communication
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2010Co-Authors: Elaine Wittenberglyles, Debra Parker Oliver, George Demiris, Paula K. BaldwinAbstract:Article describing family caregiver and hospice Team communication and the ACTive intervention in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings.
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the role of the hospice medical director as observed in Interdisciplinary Team case reviews
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Debra Parker Oliver, Elaine Wittenberglyles, George Demiris, Kelly Regehr, Paul Tatum, Stephanie BurtAbstract:Abstract Background: The purpose of this study was to observe the roles played by six hospice medical directors from two hospice programs during Interdisciplinary Team case reviews. Methods: The study analyzed videotapes of case reviews in two hospice agencies over a two year period. The results indicate that the roles and levels of participation vary. Medical Directors were observed reviewing and assisting with care plans, acting as a liaison with primary physicians, educating staff, consulting with attending physicians, participating in quality assurance activities, and dealing with budget issues. Results: Medical Directors did not make home visits or assume the role of attending physician during the observation period. Conclusions: The study demonstrates variance in roles among medical directors and raises new questions for future research.
Nghi D Thai - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interdisciplinary Team science and the public steps toward a participatory Team science
American Psychologist, 2018Co-Authors: Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Nghi D ThaiAbstract:Interdisciplinary Team science involves research collaboration among investigators from different disciplines who work interdependently to share leadership and responsibility. Although over the past several decades there has been an increase in knowledge produced by science Teams, the public has not been meaningfully engaged in this process. We argue that contemporary changes in how science is understood and practiced offer an opportunity to reconsider engaging the public as active participants on Teams and coin the term participatory Team science to describe public engagement in Team science. We discuss how public engagement can enhance knowledge within the Team to address complex problems and suggest a different organizing framework for Team science that aligns better with how Teams operate and with participatory approaches to research. We also summarize work on public engagement in science, describe opportunities for various types of engagement, and provide an example of participatory Team science carried out across research phases. We conclude by discussing implications of participatory Team science for psychology, including changing the default when assembling an Interdisciplinary science Team by identifying meaningful roles for public engagement through participatory Team science. (PsycINFO Database Record
Elaine Wittenberglyles - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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family caregiver participation in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings how does it affect the nature and content of communication
Health Communication, 2013Co-Authors: Elaine Wittenberglyles, Debra Parker Oliver, Robin L Kruse, George Demiris, Ashley L Gage, Ken WagnerAbstract:Collaboration between family caregivers and health care providers is necessary to ensure patient-centered care, especially for hospice patients. During hospice care, Interdisciplinary Team members meet biweekly to collaborate and develop holistic care plans that address the physical, spiritual, psychological, and social needs of patients and families. The purpose of this study was to explore Team communication when video-conferencing is used to facilitate the family caregiver's participation in a hospice Team meeting. Video-recorded Team meetings with and without family caregiver participation were analyzed for communication patterns using the Roter Interaction Analysis System. Standard meetings that did not include caregivers were shorter in duration and task-focused, with little participation from social workers and chaplains. Meetings that included caregivers revealed an emphasis on biomedical education and relationship-building between participants, little psychosocial counseling, and increased socioemotional talk from social workers and chaplains. Implications for family participation in hospice Team meetings are highlighted.
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caregiver participation in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings via videophone technology a pilot study to improve pain management
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Debra Parker Oliver, Elaine Wittenberglyles, George Demiris, Davina Porock, Jacqueline Collier, Antony ArthurAbstract:This article discusses a pilot study testing a videophone intervention enabling hospice patients and caregivers to remotely participate in Interdisciplinary Team meetings, with the goal of improving pain management. The aim of this study was to test potential outcome measures and combine the data with qualitative observations to assess the overall feasibility and promise of the intervention. The outcomes evaluated included hospice patient quality of life, caregiver perceptions of pain medications, caregiver quality of life, and caregiver anxiety related to Team participation. The pilot study showed that caregiver participation in the care planning process is feasible and may change caregiver perceptions of pain medication, potentially improving pain management for hospice patients.
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the active intervention in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings exploring family caregiver and hospice Team communication
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2010Co-Authors: Elaine Wittenberglyles, Debra Parker Oliver, George Demiris, Paula K. BaldwinAbstract:Article describing family caregiver and hospice Team communication and the ACTive intervention in hospice Interdisciplinary Team meetings.
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the role of the hospice medical director as observed in Interdisciplinary Team case reviews
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Debra Parker Oliver, Elaine Wittenberglyles, George Demiris, Kelly Regehr, Paul Tatum, Stephanie BurtAbstract:Abstract Background: The purpose of this study was to observe the roles played by six hospice medical directors from two hospice programs during Interdisciplinary Team case reviews. Methods: The study analyzed videotapes of case reviews in two hospice agencies over a two year period. The results indicate that the roles and levels of participation vary. Medical Directors were observed reviewing and assisting with care plans, acting as a liaison with primary physicians, educating staff, consulting with attending physicians, participating in quality assurance activities, and dealing with budget issues. Results: Medical Directors did not make home visits or assume the role of attending physician during the observation period. Conclusions: The study demonstrates variance in roles among medical directors and raises new questions for future research.
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information sharing in Interdisciplinary Team meetings an evaluation of hospice goals
Qualitative Health Research, 2005Co-Authors: Elaine WittenberglylesAbstract:The author observed Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings of “Town Hospice” to examine how the company goal of providing for the “psychosocial needs of the patient and their loved ones” is addressed. More specifically, she used an ethnographic approach to explore how case managers negotiate the addition of psychosocial information about patients during IDT meetings. She found that psychosocial information on patients was primarily limited to three types of information sharing: (a) information related to care goals, (b) family issues related to bereavement and caretaking, and (c) the request of additional help from Team members. Furthermore, she understood that the addition of psychosocial information creates a dialectical tension for the Team.
Josea B Kramer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the rural Interdisciplinary Team training program a workforce development workshop to increase geriatrics knowledge and skills for rural providers
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2019Co-Authors: Judith L Howe, Joan D Penrod, Eve Gottesman, Andrew M Bean, Josea B KramerAbstract:The Rural Interdisciplinary Team Training Program (RITT) is a Team-based educational component of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Rural Health Geriatric Scholars Program. It is a workforce development program to enhance the geriatrics knowledge and skills of VA primary care clinicians and staff caring for older veterans in rural communities. The RITT workshop, accredited for 6.5 hours, is interactive and multi-modal with didactic mini-lectures, interactive case discussions and role play demonstrations of assessments. Clinic Teams also develop and implement a small quality improvement project based on common challenges faced by older persons. This report is an evaluation of the effect of the RITT Program on geriatrics knowledge and Team development as well as success in developing and implementing the quality improvement projects in 80 VHA rural outpatient clinics in 38 states.