Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 483-495 , October 2009

Development, Implementation, and Process Evaluation of a Regional Palliative Care Quality Improvement Project

  • Deborah J. Dudgeon, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Queen's University Palliative Care Medicine Program, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Palliative Care Integration Project Evaluation Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Deborah J. Dudgeon, MD, FRCPC, Palliative Care Medicine Program, Queen's University, 34 Barrie Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3J7, Canada.
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  • Christine Knott, PhD (C), MSc

      Affiliations

    • Southeastern Regional Geriatric Program, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • Queen's Department of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Palliative Care Integration Project Evaluation Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Cheryl Chapman, RN, MEd, MHSc

      Affiliations

    • Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Palliative Care Integration Project Evaluation Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Kathy Coulson, RN, MScN

      Affiliations

    • Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Elizabeth Jeffery, RN, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Sharon Preston, RN

      Affiliations

    • Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Palliative Care Integration Project Evaluation Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Mary Eichholz, RN, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Palliative Care Integration Project Evaluation Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Janice P. Van Dijk, RN, MHSc, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Palliative Care Integration Project Evaluation Committee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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  • Anne Smith, BSc, MBChB, MRCP(UK), FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

,Accepted 2 January 2009.

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    KFL&A PCIP Pilot Logic Model, 2002.;

    KFL&A PCIP Pilot Logic Model, 2002.

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    KFL&A Palliative Care Integration Project Organizational Structure. KFL&A Steering Committee and related subcommittees. Steering Committee Representatives: Kingston General Hospital, St. Mary's of the;

    KFL&A Palliative Care Integration Project Organizational Structure. KFL&A Steering Committee and related subcommittees. Steering Committee Representatives: Kingston General Hospital, St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital, Southeastern Ontario Cancer Centre (KGH) (formerly Kingston Regional Cancer Centre), Hospice Kingston, Queen's Palliative Care Medicine Program, Rideaucrest Home, Fairmount Home, Community Care Access Centre for KFL&A.

 Funding support from the following agencies is acknowledged: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation; Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care through the Ontario Health Services Research Co-sponsorship Fund; Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario; Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Community Care Access Centre; Kingston General Hospital; St. Mary's of the Lake Complex Continuing Care Hospice, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Other support was provided by Health Care Network of Southeastern Ontario.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00599-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.12.006

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 483-495 , October 2009

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