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Call to Action: Improving Care to Communication
Vulnerable Patients
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SpeakersAmy Wilson-Stronks, MPP, CPHQProject Director & Principal InvestigatorHospitals, Language, and Culture StudyDivision of Standards and Survey MethodsThe Joint Commission
John M. Costello, MA, SLPChildren’s Hospital BostonDirector, AugmentativeCommunication Program
Lance Patak, MD, MBADepartment of AnesthesiologyUniversity of MichiganPresident and Founder,Vidatak.LLC
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Many Patients are Vulnerable due toInhibited Communication AbilitiesAccess to direct communication can be
inhibited due to:– Hearing impairment– Visual impairment– Speech impairment– Cognitive limitation– Intubation– Disease (ALS, stroke)– Language– Culture– Health literacy– Health Care Proxy (patient non-responsive)
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The Need for AccurateInformation:
Practitioner PerspectiveAssess patient needsDetermine diagnosis/prognosisProvide TreatmentObtain consentEducate/informHand-off communications
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What Strategies Are Often UsedWhen a Patient Cannot Speak?
Rely on lip reading
Gestures
Hand drawn pictures
Ask yes/no questions
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What Strategies Are Often UsedWhen A Patient is Non-English
Speaking or Deaf?Rely on family member, friend, or “ad hoc”
interpreter to interpretRely on lip reading (for the deaf)Sign language (for non-English speaking)
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Why Are These Strategies Inadequate?
Potential for misunderstandingConfidentiality when a family member
or friend is used to interpretLimits patient ability to participate in
own care (if only respond Y/N)
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“First of all, I would probably use my little board ornotepad, and I would write in English to see if heunderstands the language. If that is not the case,what I usually do is maybe by some form of signlanguage try to explain to him that he has severepain in his abdomen and he probably needs anoperation. The other thing I could show him ismaybe pictures of a surgeon where he probablyhas to open up the abdomen to perform theprocedure.”
– Emergency Department Physician
Source : Hospitals, Language, and Culture Study. A.Wilson-Stronkset. al., 2008.
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Why Is This Important?
Patient safetyTrust between patient and health care
practitioner/teamRole in health care disparitiesPatient satisfactionLegal and regulatory requirementsPatient participation in care is vital to
quality and safety!
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Examples from the Field
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Video: Yvonne
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Poor Communication ImpactsPatient Safety
– Serious medical events (Cohen et al., 2005, Bartlettet al. 2008)
– Sentinel events (The Joint Commission, 2007)
– Poor medication compliance/ adherence(Andrulis et al., 2002; Flores et al., 2003)
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Bartlett, G. et al.CMAJ 2008;178:1555-1562
“The presence of physical communicationproblems was significantly associated with anincreased risk of experiencing a preventableadverse event”
“We found that patients with communicationproblems were three times more likely toexperience preventable adverse events thanpatients without such problems”
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Copyright ©2008 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors
Bartlett, G. et al. CMAJ 2008;178:1555-1562
Figure 1: Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for factors associated withpreventable adverse events, adjusted for age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index score,
admission status and type of hospital
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Risk for Serious Medical Events
Communication-vulnerable patients are:– Twice more likely to experience medical physical
harm– Increased risk of nonadherence to medication– Misreported abuse– Decreased access to medical care– Decreased use of medical care– Increased diagnosis of psychopathology– More likely to leave hospital against medical
advice– Asthmatics more likely to receive intubation– Less likely to return for follow-up appointments
after Emergency Room visits
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Risk for Serious Medical Events
Communication-vulnerable patients are:– Higher rates of hospitalization– Higher rates of drug complications– Highest use of resources to provide care– Lowest levels of satisfaction with care– Increased risk of delayed care– Increased failure to treat and prevent devastating
disease states and death– Increased risk of malpractice– Increased length of hospital stay
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Health Care Systems WorkingAgainst Effective Communication
No standardized system in place to identifycommunication needs
Lack of supporting resources, training, andtime needed to effectively communicate
Limited evidence and awareness of bestpractice
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Impact of AddressingCommunication Needs
Patients taught to use communication tools such aspicture boards, word boards or simple communicationdevices, reported improved satisfaction and comfortwhen compared to care without communicationsupport. (Stovsky, Rudy & Dragonete, 1988; Costello, 2000)
Communication boards can also significantly reducepatient frustration.
(Patak et al. 2002, 2004)
Provision of professional interpreter services isassociated with improved clinical care and increasedquality of care to LEP patients.
(Karliner et al. 2006)
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Call to Action
Improve clinical practice to incorporate asystematic & methodological approach topatient-provider communication
Optimize institutional availability and use ofauxiliary services and increase frequency ofreferrals to specialists for “COMMUNICATION”purposes
Educate health care providersRevise health care policy and standards to set
performance expectations for heath careproviders on patient-provider communication
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Formalize a Process to Manage Patient-Provider Communication at the Patient-Level
Patak, et.al, in review
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Low Information
High Uncertainty
Low PerceivedControl
High ThreatAppraisal
High EmotionalDistress
IneffectiveInformationProcessing CYCLE OF
STRESS RESPONSEACCH, 1985
UnfamiliarSituation
Don’t know howTo cope
FearAnxietyTension
MisunderstandingMisinterpretation
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Identify Communication Need
HearingVisionSpeechCognition IntubationAphasicPreferred language (if not English)Low Health LiteracyOther
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Introduce Intervention
Professional language or signlanguage interpreter
Communication boardAdaptive communication devicesSensory supports (glasses, hearing
aids, FM systems, etc.)Use of plain language, teach back, and
“Ask Me 3”
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Monitor InterventionEffectiveness
Is communication effective?– In order for communication to be effective,
the message must be complete, accurate,timely, unambiguous, and understood bythe communication partner.
Is a different intervention needed?Is referral to specialist needed?
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Considerations in Planning Care
Increased institutional support foraccess to tools and service providers atpoint of care
Increase support and utilization ofspecialty services as part of care team(Interpreter, Speech-LanguagePathologist with AugmentativeCommunication expertise, Audiologist,Chaplain, etc.)
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Given the broad contributions of aSpeech Language Pathologist withAugmentative Communicationexpertise…Let’s examine the impact of SLP inplanning care
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Goal of the Speech LanguagePathologist
To support immediate success byinsuring that “stop gap” tools andstrategies are within reach at point ofcare.
To provide a comprehensive and fluidassessment of patient needs andstrengths and match those to availableaugmentative communication tools andstrategies.
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Based on ongoing report ofpatient’s communication success
The “stop-gap” strategy may continueto be most efficient and effective overtime
Additional customized or moresophisticated strategies may berequired
Collaborate with other team membersincluding audiology, interpreterservices, ophthalmology, etc.
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AAC Assessment Considerations Whena Patient Is “Communication Vulnerable”
A well thought out ‘something’ is better thanNOTHING.
Try to support immediate success
You can learn a great deal very quickly byfollowing a thoughtful approach to ‘on thespot’ assessment.
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Cognitive Status
AlertnessAwarenessOrientationPre-morbid status
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Assessment Considerations
Often status is first reported by bedside careproviders
Patient’s wakefulness and fatigue (impactparticipation and length of assessment)
Patient’s ability to follow simple directions
Patient’s ability to respond to simplequestions
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Feature Match/InterventionConsiderations
May need to re-assess often and adjustrecommendations frequently
May need to keep interventions very brief andfocused
Will impact complexity of language used duringassessment
May initially focus on orientation through visuals,visual schedule, memory book for comfort.
Use of symbols versus written word
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Sensory Domain
Vision
Hearing
Changed status from beforeadmission?
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Assessment Considerations
Does s/he where glasses? If yes, are theyhere?
Does s/he have hearing aids? If yes, are theyhere?
If physical status will not support glasses orhearing aids (swelling, incision site, etc.),what accommodations can be made
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Intervention Considerations
Size of targetsColor contrastsComplexity of layoutUse of symbols versus text
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Size of targets
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Motor Domain
Use of gestures/pantomimeControl/accessDirect selection (hand, eyes, other?)Indirect selectionAbility to write/draw
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Assessment Considerations
Ability to write/draw
Ability to point with hand
Ability to point with eyes
Ability to point with head light
Use of splints to support pointing
Indirect access through scanning
Indirect access through partner assist
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Intervention Considerations
Inventory of natural gesturesBasic sign languageAdapted nurse call systemKeyboardPaper and penUse of keyguardSingle switch access to technologyPartner assisted scanningEye gaze/Etran
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Videos: Real life examples
Amy - Direct selectAndrew - single switch scanning
Lori - splint to help access
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Partner Assisted Scanning
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Partner Assisted ScanningSpelling Board
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Direct Selection Spelling Board
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Language Comprehension andLiteracy Screening
ComprehensionLiteracy skillsAble to answer yes/no/maybe
questionsNon-English speaking?
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THE WORD BEGINS WITH…..
Q W E R T Y U I O P
A S D F G H J K L
Z X C V B N M Start again
br cr fr gr tr pl str Next word
bl cl fl gl sw dw tw End
sl sc sk sm sn sp
sw squ spl spr scr
Letter Cue Board
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Topic Cue Board
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Speech Production
Reduced volume?
Moderately compromised intelligibility?
Severely compromised intelligibility?
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Voice Amplification or use ofElectrolarynx
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Vocabulary Selection
Patient needsPatient personality ( j. thank you video)Patient interestAddress medical, personal and
pyschosocial needs
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Environmental Assessment
LightingNoiseMounting/access
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Communication Partners
Native languageLiteracy levelsSensory status
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Resources
AACTech Connect (selling a ‘kit’) www.aacTechConnect.comManufacturers of AAC devices:
http://www.ussaac.org/links.htmlBrookes Publishers:
Augmentative Communication Strategies forAdults with Acute or Chronic MedicalConditionsBeukelman, Garrett Yorkston 2007
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Resources
Hospitals, Language, and Culture study website:www.jointcommission.org/patientsafety/hlc/
Available:Downloadable reportsHLC study informationLinks to other websitesResources
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Importance of communication andpotential impact on patient outcomesis recognized by:American Association of Critical Care NursesSociety for Critical Care MedicineNational Institute of HealthAmerican Medical AssociationAmerican Hospital AssociationThe Joint Commission
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Developing Hospital Standards for CulturallyCompetent Patient-Centered Care
18-month standards development project (August 2008 through January 2010)
Project will explore how diversity, culture, language,and health literacy issues can be better incorporatedinto current Joint Commission standards or draftedinto new requirements
Standards will build upon previous studies andprojects, including the research framework from theHLC study and evidence from the current literature.
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Developing Hospital Standards for CulturallyCompetent Patient-Centered Care
A multidisciplinary Expert Advisory Panel will provideguidance regarding principles, measures, structures,and processes that will be the basis of standards
Collaboration with National Health Law Program(NHeLP) to develop an implementation guide toprepare organizations for new standards
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Questions?
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