Documentation of hospice care plan development and team meetings.

The interdisciplinary team meeting documentation system as described in this article meets the documentation requirements specified by JCAH and Medicare. The goal of the system is to provide necessary documentation in a format that is easy to use. Because of the generic content and format of this system, hospices in any setting or from any provider can adapt the forms to their particular needs. Delaware Hospice has shared this documentation system together with the interdisciplinary care plan form with numerous hospices who have also found them practical and instrumental in providing high-quality patient care.