Video Images About Decisions for Ethical Outcomes in the Emergency Department (VIDEO-ED)

Using the Emergency Department Visit to Promote Advance Care Planning

A randomized controlled trial of a video decision aid in the Emergency Department Setting to improve advance care planning documentation.

A randomized controlled trial of a video decision aid in the Emergency Department setting shown to patients followed by a brief advance care planning discussion and then relay that discussion to the patient's primary care provider and/or admitting clinical team and look at rates of advance care planning documentation in the electronic health record over time. Primary outcome is advance care planning documentation in the EHR at 3 months.

Inclusion Criteria:

• anyone aged 65 and over or anyone aged over 50-64 with an indicator of serious illness

Exclusion Criteria:

• non english or spanish speakers those with a POLST legally blind medically non stable requiring ICU level care