Development Of A Serious Illness Care Model Implementation Framework.

161Background: Care of individuals with cancer and other serious illness is complex and often results in unmet needs and high costs. Despite growing national interest in innovative care models for serious illness that improve quality and reduce costs, limited information is available to guide health care organizations from program innovation to implementation. Methods: With funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, we sought to develop a flexible serious illness care model implementation framework to inform program development, replication, and scaling across a broad range of serious illness populations and settings. A draft framework was developed, guided by review of white papers and peer reviewed evidence and of existing serious illness care programs. Expert panelists—representative of serious illness care providers, policy experts, payers, and researchers—were recruited to review and provide feedback in two rounds of group discussion and additional 1:1 interviews. Results: The resulting fram...