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Uncertainty about the utility of PREMs for hospital patients with palliative care needs has limited their use in this population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To determine the utility (feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness) of implementing the PREM \u201cconsideRATE\u201d for patients receiving specialist palliative care and to explore its perceived value for quality improvement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A two-phase prospective pilot study incorporating PREM administration, screening logs and field notes, and focus groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting\/participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study was conducted in a specialist palliative care unit and consultative service in a metropolitan Australian hospital. Participants were recruited by research staff and included adult inpatients receiving specialist palliative care or their carers (PREM completion and feedback) and multidisciplinary staff (clinicians, managers, and quality and governance personnel) (focus groups).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Across 219 eligible participation occasions, 188 PREMs were completed (86% participation rate). No patient or carer distress was reported during PREM administration, and occasional spontaneous comments recorded in field notes indicated appreciation for the opportunity to provide feedback. Staff participants viewed consideRATE as meaningful and actionable, and perceived that the data could support the identification of improvement priorities and advocacy for system change. They also stated that administration support was essential and that routine implementation of consideRATE was not feasible within existing clinical workloads.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Supported administration of consideRATE in a specialist palliative care unit and consultative service resulted in high participation and completion rates with no reported distress among participating patients and carers. 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