Dr. Namita Seth Mohta serves as an advisor to ianacare and is Executive Editor at NEJM Catalyst.
Summary
Our guest, Dr. Namita Seth Mohta, discusses the Serious Illness Care Program at Ariadne Labs, which aims to ensure that all individuals affected by serious illness feel known and cared for on their own terms. The program utilizes the Serious Illness Conversation Guide, a set of structured questions that help clinicians elicit patients' goals, values, and priorities. The program also includes tools for patients to have conversations with their loved ones about what matters to them. The program has been implemented in over 50 healthcare systems and has had positive impacts on anxiety, depression, care experience, and cost. Trust and building relationships are key components of the program.
Takeaways
- The Serious Illness Care Program aims to ensure that individuals affected by serious illness feel known and cared for on their own terms.
- The program utilizes the Serious Illness Conversation Guide, a set of structured questions that help clinicians elicit patients' goals, values, and priorities.
- The program has been implemented in over 50 healthcare systems and has had positive impacts on anxiety, depression, care experience, and cost.
- Trust and building relationships are key components of the program.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Dr. Namita Seth Mohta and the Serious Illness Care Program
06:02 Defining Serious Illness and the Importance of Conversations
10:08 The Serious Illness Conversation Guide and its Impact
26:12 Serious Illness Care in the Context of Cancer
32:26 How to Access the Serious Illness Care Program
Resources
- Serious Illness Care Program
- Serious Illness Conversation Guide
- What Matters to Me Workbook
- NEJM Catalyst
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