PCOC documents

Below are links to a selection of PCOC documents. This is not a complete list of all PCOC documentation.

PCOC Dictionaries, Guides and Resources

PCOC Version 3

• Version 3: PCOC Data Dictionary & Technical Guidelines
• PCOC Version 3: Clinical Manual
• National Outcome Measures and Benchmarks
• PCOC Assessment and Response Protocol
• PCOC Implementation Guide
• Order PCOC Lanyards and SAS Rulers
• PCOC tools cheat sheet

PCOC Version 4

• History of PCOC
• Version 4: PCOC Data Dictionary & Technical Guidelines
• Version 4 Frequently Asked Questions
• Transitioning active patients from v3 to v4
• PCOC Version 4: Clinical Manual
• PCOC Version 4: FAQ - Delirium
• PCOC Version 4: FAQ - ESAS-PCOC

PCOC Patient Outcome Reports

• PCOC Report Online Portal (POP)
  • PCOC Outcomes Portal Access Management
• PCOC State and National Outcome Reports
• How to interpret the new dashboard
• PCOC 2023 Data Quality Statement

PCOC Education

• PCOC Guide for Education
• Checklist for Developing PCOC Education Plan
• PCOC Essentials Module
• PCOC Live Workshops, Dates and Registration Links 

Quality Improvement

• PCOC Guide for Quality Improvement
• PCOC Quality Improvement Plan and Report Template
• PCOC Communities of Practice
• PCOC Self-Assessment on Key Strategies and Enabling Factors
• Case review template: Severe family/carer problems
• Case review template: Severe pain
• Case review template: Patients in unstable phase of four days
• Case review template: Deaths outside the terminal phase
• Quality Improvement Audit: Response to PCOC assessments
• Quality Improvement Audit: Phase definitions

Palliative Care Phases

• Phase Definitions
• Phase Algorithms
• Development of Phases

Forms

V3 Episode Forms

• Inpatient episode form
• Guide to completing inpatient bed episode form
• Inpatient consult episode form
• Guide to completing inpatient consult form
• Community patient episode form
• Guide to completing Community patient episode form

V3 Assessment Forms

• PCOC assessment and clinical response form

V3 SAS:

• “Talking about your Symptoms” SAS Flyer for patients and families
• SAS Form, English & coloured version
• SAS Form, English & black/white
• SAS Form, Arabic
• SAS Form, Chinese (simplified)
• SAS Form, Chinese (traditional)
• SAS Form, Croatian
• SAS Form, Greek
• SAS Form, Hindi
• SAS Form, Italian
• SAS Form, Macedonian
• SAS Form, Russian
• SAS Form, Serbian
• SAS Form, Somali
• SAS Form, Spanish
• SAS Form, Tagalog
• SAS Form, Vietnamese