‘We have the technology’: Telehealth increases access to palliative care for cancer

CHICAGO — Early palliative care via telehealth had an equivalent impact on quality of life as in-person visits for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to study findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.
Individuals who had telehealth conferences had similar depression and anxiety symptoms, coping skills and perceptions of prognosis to patients who had in-person therapy, researchers reported.
“As we’re moving into the end of 2024 where Congress is debating the U.S. Telehealth Expansion Act expiration, these data are critical to say, keep going with

CHICAGO — Early palliative care via telehealth had an equivalent impact on quality of life as in-person visits for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to study findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.
Individuals who had telehealth conferences had similar depression and anxiety symptoms, coping skills and perceptions of prognosis to patients who had in-person therapy, researchers reported.
“As we’re moving into the end of 2024 where Congress is debating the U.S. Telehealth Expansion Act expiration, these data are critical to say, keep going with