Model improved Advance Care Planning for cancer patients

Model improved Advance Care Planning for cancer patients 
Cancer Therapy Advisor; by Jen Smith; 10/4/24 
A machine learning survival model that selects patients for serious illness conversations can increase the rate of advance care planning and prognosis documentation for cancer patients, according to research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  The study included 33 oncologists and 22 advance practice providers. Once a month, the providers were randomly selected to receive the intervention. It consisted of weekly automated emails notifying providers about patients who were identified by the machine learning model as a high priority for serious illness conversations. Patients were categorized as high priority if they had less than 2 years to live according to the model and had no prognosis documentation. ...