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The AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum today issued a  to help hospital leaders, clinicians and patients align intensive care unit treatment with patient priorities in the context of progressive disease. The resources were produced in collaboration with the Center to Advance Palliative Care, Coalition to Transform Advanced Care, Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and Society of Critical Care Medicine. For more on the toolkit, see today’s AHASTAT . A 2013 AHA  on appropriate use of medical resources identified five areas where hospitals, in partnership with their clinical staff and patients, should look to reduce non-beneficial care. To access previous PLF toolkits on patient blood management, antimicrobial stewardship, ambulatory care sensitive conditions, and elective percutaneous coronary intervention, visit www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/appropuse.