Hospice News October 4, 2024
Virtual palliative services can be as effective as in-person care in helping to improve quality of life among patients with lung cancer, recent research has found.
Though a growing volume of research is pointing to the quality impacts of palliative care utilization earlier in lung cancer patients’ disease progression, many lack access to these services, researchers recently indicated in a study published in the JAMA Network.
Increasing pathways to telepalliative services could help bridge these gaps without impacting quality, researchers believe.
“The delivery of early palliative care virtually versus in-person demonstrated equivalent effects on quality of life in patients with advanced [non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)],” researchers stated in the study. “[The] findings underscore the potential to increase access to...
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