title: Evaluation of A Novel Information-Sharing Instrument for Home-Based Palliative Care: A Feasibility Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the feasibility and usefulness of a novel region-based pathway: the Regional Referral Clinical Pathway for Home-Based Palliative Care.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a feasibility study to evaluate the frequency of variances and the perceived usefulness of pathway using in-depth interviews. All patients with cancer referred to the palliative care team between 2011 and 2013 and received home care services were enrolled.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 44 patients were analyzed, and pathway was completed in all the patients. The target outcome was achieved in 61.4% while some variances occurred in 54.5%. Nine categories were identified as the usefulness of the pathway, such as reviewing and sharing information and promoting communication, education, motivation, and relationships.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This novel pathway is feasible and seems to be useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan tanabeko-mi@umin.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadoya
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaname
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Rumi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasunaga
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikezaki
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Miyako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitazawa
authors.affiliation: Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.affiliation: Home Palliative Care Committee, Takaoka Medical Service Region, Takaoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koseki
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kashii
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Himi Municipal Hospital of Kanazawa Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*
keywords: daily record production; home-based palliative care; information sharing; multidisciplinary team care; patient-held records; regional clinical referral pathway