Yale New Haven Health’s EHR default nearly doubles hospice consults

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health raised hospice consultation rates from 44% to 84% by redesigning its EHR to automatically link hospice consultation orders to comfort measures orders, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study tracked more than 14,600 hospitalized patients across Yale New Haven’s seven-campus academic health system over four years. […] The post Yale New Haven Health’s EHR default nearly doubles hospice consults appeared first on Becker's H...