Abstract
Paperwork and documentation requirements are not new to any healthcare provider. Hospice programs have numerous requirements for accurate, timely, and patient-specific documentation. The development of an individualized plan of care for the hospice patient and family using a tool that weaves all the required components together can be a valuable program asset. The framework of this tool is applicable to program movement toward care paths and computerized documentation. This article describes the combination of a well-known hospice problem list in a creative format where many of the essentials of documentation flow into one document: the Hospice Plan of Care.