Best Practices for Providing Patient-Centered Tele-Palliative Care to Cancer Patients.
Grecia Lined AldanaOnyinyechi Vanessa EvohAkhila ReddyPublished in: Cancers (2023)
Cancer patients receiving palliative care may face significant challenges in attending outpatient appointments. Patients on controlled substances such as opioids require frequent visits and often rely on assistive devices and/or a caregiver to accompany them to these visits. In addition, pain, fatigue, and shortness of breath may magnify the challenges associated with in-person visits. The rapid adoption of telemedicine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be highly beneficial for advanced cancer patients and caregivers. The hurried COVID-19-related implementation of telemedicine is now evolving into a permanent platform for providing palliative care. This review will focus on the best practices and recommendations to deliver high-quality, interdisciplinary tele-palliative care.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- advanced cancer
- primary care
- healthcare
- chronic pain
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- pain management
- ejection fraction
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- papillary thyroid
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- drinking water
- squamous cell
- quality improvement
- squamous cell carcinoma
- electronic health record
- sensitive detection
- high throughput
- patient reported
- tertiary care
- patient reported outcomes
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- loop mediated isothermal amplification