Hospice Foundation of America and major universities seek community partners for advance care planning project
Newswise HERSHEY, Pa. – Reducing health disparities by examining the effectiveness of tools that encourage end-of-life conversations may improve the likelihood that underserved patients receive care that is consistent with their values and beliefs. To achieve this outcome, Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) has partnered with researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and University of Kentucky and today announced they are launching the Project Talk Trial, a five-year, national, randomized controlled trial funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The team seeks host organizations to participate in their study, which will evaluate different approaches for engaging underserved individuals across the country in end-of-life care planning.