Hospice News January 17, 2024
Palliative telehealth is an effective tool for improving patients’ quality of life, new research has found.
Phone-based telehealth led to consistent improvements in patients’ depression, anxiety and other symptoms for people with serious illness, according to a study by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus researchers, published in JAMA. The study also found that these improvements continued for at least several months after those services ceased.
“While we do a great job caring for these patients’ illnesses, we can do more for quality of life. Many have persistent symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, shortness of breath, and sleep problems that can make living with these illnesses very difficult and have been associated with earlier death” Dr. David Bekelman, professor at...
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