Physician Characteristics Associated With Advance Care Planning After a Machine Learning-Based Nudge

Mihir N. Patel, Yvonne Acker, Noppon Setji, Jonathan Walter, Michael Gao, Mark Sendak, Suresh Balu, Thomas W. LeBlanc, David Casarett, Jessica E. Ma, Duke University School of Medicine, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality, Duke University Health System, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Institute for Health Innovation, Duke University, Geriatric Research, and Clinical Center, Durham VA Health System

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

Published online on November 22, 2025

Abstract

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print.
Prognostic machine learning models can help identify patients in need of advance care planning (ACP) conversations. However, additional work is needed to understand which factors guide physicians’ comfort with and prioritization of ACP conversations, even ...