Tele-palliative care benefits veterans with cardiac, pulmonary diseases
03/28/24 at 03:00 AM
Tele-palliative care benefits veterans with cardiac, pulmonary diseases
Hospice News, by Jim Parker; 3/26/24
Patients with cardiac and pulmonary conditions see improvements in their quality of life after receiving palliative care via telehealth. A randomized clinical trial with 306 participants who suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure (HF), and interstitial lung disease (ILD) found that palliative telehealth resulted in significant improvements. The results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.