Background: Conversion from paper-based to electronic medical records (EMR) may affect the quality and timeliness of the completion of Goals-of-Care (GOC) documents during hospital admissions and this may have been further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aims: To determine the impact of EMR and COVID-19 on the proper completion of GOC forms and the factors associated with inpatient changes in GOC.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of adult general medicine admissions (August 2018-September 2020) at Dandenong Hospital (Victoria, Australia).