Telehealth vs in-person palliative care: A podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, Vicki Jackson

Telehealth vs in-person palliative care: A podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, Vicki Jackson
GeriPal Podcast; by Alex Smith, Eric Widera; 1/30/25
It is a battle royale on this week’s GeriPal podcast. In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. But watch out! Travel time can leave this champ vulnerable to fatigue and no-shows. In the other corner, we have the young upstart, able to reach patients across vast distances when delivering palliative care, all in the comfort of wearing pajamas, we have telehealth delivered palliative care. However, lack of physical presence may make this contender struggle to land the emotional support punch that is at the very heart of palliative care. Who will emerge victorious?