AJMC July 25, 2024
Telehealth Delivers Early Palliative Care as Effectively as In-Person Care
Early palliative care can be delivered via telehealth with quality-of-life effects equivalent to those of palliative care delivered in person to patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to late-breaking results presented during the June 2, 2024, plenary session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.1
Whether the palliative care was delivered in person or via telehealth, the most common topics discussed during the visit were similar and included building and establishing rapport to create a relationship with the patient and their family, identifying symptoms and grading symptom management, and coping with serious illness, Joseph Greer, PhD, codirector of the Cancer Outcomes Research & Education...
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