Exploring the contextual assumptions, interventions and outcomes of digital advance care planning systems: A theory of change approach to understand implementation and evaluation.

Background: Digital advance care planning systems are used internationally to document and share patients' wishes and preferences to inform care delivery. However, their use is impeded by a limited understanding of factors influencing implementation and evaluation.

Aim: To develop mid-range programme theory to account for technological, infrastructure and human factor influences on digital advance care planning systems.

Past trends and future projections of palliative care needs in Chile: analysis of routinely available death registry and population data.

Background: The number of people with palliative care needs is projected to increase globally. Chile has recently introduced legislation for universal access to palliative care services for patients with severe and terminal illnesses, including non-cancer conditions. We aimed to estimate the number of people affected by serious health-related suffering and need for palliative care in Chile to 2050.

The influence of care home registration type and size on senior care leader's confidence to provide palliative and end-of-life care: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study.

Background: Care home staff are key providers of palliative and end-of-life care. Yet, little is known about how care home characteristics can influence care leader's confidence in their ability to provide optimal palliative and end-of-life care.

Aim: To understand the influence of care home registration type (nursing, residential or dual registered) and size on senior care leader's confidence to provide palliative and end-of-life care.

Factors Influencing the Implementation of Digital Advance Care Planning: Qualitative Interview Study.

Background: Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses. Advance care planning conversations that establish a patient's wishes and preferences for care are part of a person-centered approach. Internationally, electronic health record systems are digital interventions used to record and share patients' advance care plans across health care services and settings.