Hospice News July 5, 2024
Multidisciplinary palliative care offers clear benefits to patients with cardiovascular disease.
Palliative care with effective medication management, shared decision making and symptom management can help improve quality of life for heart disease patients, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) — “Palliative Pharmacotherapy for Cardiovascular Disease.”
“Given the complexities of medication management in people with heart disease, a team-based approach is urged,” said Katherine E. Di Palo, senior director of Transitional Care Excellence at Montefiore Medical Center, in a press release. “Collaboration between multidisciplinary clinicians across primary care, cardiology and palliative care is needed to deliver effective, person-centered care.”
Di Palo is also assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York...
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