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Editorial
. 2014 Jun 25;5(2):589-93.
doi: 10.4338/ACI-2013-12-IE-0099. eCollection 2014.

Death, taxes and advance directives

N M Wood  1 , J D D'Amore  2 , S L Jones  3 , D F Sittig  4 , R B Ness  1
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Editorial

Death, taxes and advance directives

N M Wood et al. Appl Clin Inform. .

Abstract

Suboptimal care at the end-of-life can be due to lack of access or knowledge of patient wishes. Ambiguity is often the result of non-standardized formats. Borrowing digital technology from other industries and using existing health information infrastructure can greatly improve the completion, storage, and distribution of advance directives. We believe several simple, low-cost adaptations to regional and federal programs can raise the standard of end-of-life care.

Keywords: Health information exchange; advance directive; end of life.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in the research.

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Model US Individual Advance Directive Claim Form.
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