Project: Tube Feeding Project Team: Kaiser Permanente/ Holy Cross Palliative Care Partnership: Ruth Kevess-Cohen, MD; Lauren Stein, ST, CM; Kathy Waters, CM Contact: stein@holycrosshealth.org Aim: To decrease the placement of feeding tubes in terminally ill/dying patients Measures: The number of terminally ill/dying patients who receive feeding tubes will decrease by 50% Partial List of Changes Made: Development of Tube Feeding Fact Sheet Approval received for use of Fact Sheet Screening Form developed to target appropriate patients Memo for physicians and staff distributed based on the team’s initiative Methods: Review of 1st quarter data Chart reviews for 2nd and 3rd quarters Clinical chart reviews of targeted patients <top> << Back to QIC Project Index