"Even though the recommendation is to provide early palliative care, it's often not done. There are not enough palliative care clinicians to see every advanced lung cancer patient monthly, let alone patients with other types of cancer," Smith said. "In this study, we're looking to see if there are other ways to get patients regular palliative care while seeing the same benefits."
"It's very reassuring to know that we have this other modality to provide palliative care that is more convenient and saves money for a lot of patients, without compromising benefits to patients or caregivers," Smith said.
"Following up on this clinical trial, Smith and her collaborators will continue to study the impacts of telehealth palliative care, including differences in patient age and computer savviness," she said.
"We're hoping to look at subgroups to see if there were certain patients that benefited more from video versus in-person visits," Smith said.
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