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It is not unusual for tough choice decisions to be made in health care. In those situations, what help can patients, their families or the clinical team receive? Health care ethics committees and health care ethics consultants provide guidance to patients, their families and clinicians in hospitals and health care delivery sites across the United States and throughout the world. According to the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, \u201cThe goal of ethics consultation is to \u201cimprove health care outcomes through the identification, analysis and resolution of ethical issues in health care institutions,\u201d How might better access to these resources be made more available. How might their impact be assessed?\n\nIn this first episode, of a two part series, our guests explore the impact that ethics consultation has in the continuum of care, and dive deeper into just how big of an impact this service can have in clinical care.\n\nOur guests in this episode include:\n\n \tDr. Ellen Fox Ellen Fox, President of Fox Ethics Consulting and a bioethics consultant, educator, researcher, and policymaker\n \tMary Homan, Southwest Division Vice President of Theology and Ethics for CommonSpirit Health\n \tMark Repenshek, Vice President of Ethics and Church Relations for Ascension\n\nThis episode was recorded on multiple dates in mid 2021.\n\nAdditional resources relating to or referenced in this episode:\n\n \tEthics consultation in U.S. hospitals: A national follow-up study\n \tEthics consultation in U.S. hospitals: New findings about consultation practices\xa0\n \tExamining Quality and Value in Ethics Consultation Services (subscription required)\n \tHealth care ethics programs in U.S. hospitals: Results from a national survey\xa0\n \tHiring Clinical Ethicists: Building on Gremmels' Staffing Model Approach