Death, taxes and advance directives

N. M. Wood; J. D. D'Amore; S. L. Jones; D. F. Sittig; R. B. Ness

doi:10.4338/ACI-2013-12-IE-0099

Death, taxes and advance directives

N. M. Wood, J. D. D'Amore, S. L. Jones, D. F. Sittig, R. B. Ness

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Abstract

Suboptimal care at the end-of-life can be due to lack of access or knowledge of patient wishes. Ambiguity is often the result of non-standardized formats. Borrowing digital technology from other industries and using existing health information infrastructure can greatly improve the completion, storage, and distribution of advance directives. We believe several simple, low-cost adaptations to regional and federal programs can raise the standard of end-of-life care.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	589-593
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Clinical Informatics
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2013-12-IE-0099
State	Published - 2014

Keywords

Advance directive
End of life
Health information exchange

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Informatics
Computer Science Applications
Health Information Management

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