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Research and Scholarship

Studies, Projects, and Trials

Improving Decision-Making about Feeding Options in Dementia
A Decision Aid about Goals of Care for Patients with Dementia
PEACE Hospice and Palliative Care Quality Measures

黑料网 investigators lead numerous observational studies, quality improvement projects and clinical trials for people with serious illness and their families.聽 We are a founding member organization and host the for the group 鈥� a nationwide interdisciplinary research network funded by NIH-NINR to advance palliative care science and improve care for people with serious illness.

Research and quality improvement projects are facilitated by collaboration and support across the 黑料网 Health Affairs campus, including the , the , 黑料网 Center for Aging and Health, and the .

Selected recent scientific publications by 黑料网 Palliative Care Program faculty

Palliative care for seriously ill older adults, including those living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
  • Hanson LC, Kistler CE, Lavin K, Gabriel SL, Ernecoff NC, Lin FC, Sachs GA, Mitchell SL. . J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019; 57(1): 10-19
  • Toles M, Song MK, Lin FC, Hanson LC. . J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018;19(10):879-883.
  • Ernecoff NC, Zimmerman S, Mitchell SL, Song MK, Lin FC, Wessell KL, Hanson LC. . J Palliat Med. 2018;21(10):1442-1447.
Palliative and supportive care for persons living with cystic fibrosis
  • Kavalieratos D, Georgiopoulos AM, Dhingra L, Basile MJ, Rabinowitz E, Hempstead SE, Faro A, Dellon EP. . J Palliat Med. 2021;24(1):18-30.
  • Dellon EP, Basile M, Hobler MR, Georgiopoulos AM, Chen E, Goggin J, Goss CH, Hempstead SE, Faro A, Kavalieratos D. . J Palliat Med. 2020;23(7):957-963.
  • Dellon EP, Helms SW, Hailey CE, Shay R, Carney SD, Schmidt HJ, Brown DE, Prieur MG. . Pediatric pulmonology. 2018;53(9):1218-1224.
Innovative models for palliative care in cancer
  • Hong S, Zimmerman PE, Rao V, Markwalter DW. . J Palliat Med. 2022 [Epub ahead of print]
  • Hanson LC, Wessell KL, Hanspal J, Lin FC, Collichio FA, DeWalt D, Milowsky MI, Rosenstein DL, Winzelberg GS, Wood WA, Ernecoff NC. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 [Epub ahead of print]
  • DiMartino LD, Weiner BJ, Hanson LC, Weinberger M, Birken SA, Reeder-Hayes K, Trogdon JG.. J Palliat Med. 2018;21(1):62-68.
  • Hanson LC, Collichio F, Bernard SA, Wood WA, Milowsky M, Burgess E, Creedle CJ, Cheek S, Chang L, Chera B, Fox A. J Palliat Med. 2017;20(12):1366-1371.
Measurement science in hospice and palliative care:
  • Ernecoff NC, Wessell KL, Bennett AV, Hanson LC. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 [Epub ahead of print]
  • Dolin R, Silberman P, Kirk DA, Stearns SC, Hanson LC, Taylor DH Jr, Holmes GM. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018;55(3):775-784.
  • Zheng NT, Li Q, Hanson LC, Wessell KL, Chong N, Sherif N, Broyles IH, Frank J, Kirk MA, Schwartz CR, Levitt AF. . J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018;55(2):427-432 e421.
Communication and decision-making
  • Ernecoff NC, Wessell KL, Wood WA, Winzelberg GS, Collichio FA, Hanson LC. BMC Palliat Care. 2021;20(1):41.
  • Kistler CE, Beeber AS, Winzelberg GS, Gabriel SL, Wretman CJ, Hanson LC. . J Palliat Med. 2021;24(8):1183-1190.
  • Li L, Nelson JE, Hanson LC, Cox CE, Carson SS, Chai EJ, Keller KL, Tulsky JA, Danis M. . Crit Care Med. 2018;46(5):699-704.
Impact of cancer on parenting
  • Hailey CE, Yopp JM, Deal AM, Mayer DK, Reeder-Hayes KE, Hanson LC, Grunfeld G, Rosenstein DL, Park EM. . Supportive Care in Cancer, 2018; 26:287-295.
  • Rosenstein, D. L., & Yopp, J. M. (2018). : Oxford University Press.
  • Park EM, Check DK, Song MK, Reeder-Hayes KE, Hanson LC, Yopp JM, Rosenstein DL, Mayer DK. . Palliat Med. 2017;31(3):231-238.
Other palliative care research
  • Casey MF, Price L, Markwalter D, Bohrmann T, Moraes Tsujimoto T, Lavin K, Hanson LC, Lin FC, Platts-Mills TF. . Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2022;39(11):1358-1363.
  • Casey MF, Markwalter DW. .聽J Emerg Nurs. 2021;47(4):521-523.
  • Markwalter DW, Murphy MA, Turnbull JM, Fanning JB. .聽Fam Syst Health. 2019;37(3):212-223.

黑料网 Palliative Care providers are also involved in a number of quality improvement and educational projects, including:

  • System-wide ACP Task Force
    • 黑料网HS ACP Organizational goal to increase ACP
    • Respecting Choices SDMSI training
    • Tailored core ACP training for diverse audiences
    • CAPC on-line modules
    • QI coaching
    • Epic optimization
  • Triggered consults for advanced congestive heart failure / LVAD and late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  • Enhanced PC and ACP in the SICU
  • Early Oncology Palliative Care for persons with advanced cancer
  • Dignity therapy program