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Enhanced end-of-life care associated with deploying a rapid response team: a pilot study.
Vazquez R, Gheorghe C, Grigoriyan A, Palvinskaya T, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:449-452.

After implementing a rapid response team, a community hospital found significant improvements in the quality of pain management and overall end-of-life care. Prior studies have also demonstrated that rapid response teams may influence decisions about overall goals of care.
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