Documenting end-of-life care plans on the ICU: using a digital proforma may improve compliance with nationally agreed standards
Critical Care2011Vol. 15(S1)
Abstract
The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is the accepted gold standard in the documentation of end-of-life care in the UK. A computerized version of the LCP in the form of a digital proforma (DP) exists as an option on our unit. Some clinicians choose to use free-text (FT) entry citing as this can be more comprehensive. Our study investigates whether usage of the DP is likely to result in a greater degree of compliance with LCP standards than FT alone.