Ramy Sedhom, Director of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care at Penn Medicine, Princeton Health, University of Pennsylvania Health System, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Palliative care isn’t just about when. It’s about who, what, and how.
I recently joined Dr. Joseph McCollom on the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Daily News Podcast to discuss precision palliative care – a strategy that aligns support not with diagnosis alone, but with what matters most to each person
Listen to the podcast.
Summary below!
What Is Precision Palliative Care? Rethinking a Care Delivery Problem
Despite strong evidence that early palliative care improves quality of life – and in some cases survival – we continue to face real delivery challenges
Workforce limitations, referral bottlenecks, and fee-for-service systems often leave patient needs unmet
In this conversation, we unpack a different path forward:
- Matching support to need – not just stage
- Embedding screening, EHR nudges, and triage protocols
- Aligning the dose of palliative care to the complexity of each case
- Learning from trials like the Stepped Palliative Care Study
I also share insights from our recent article in JCO Oncology Practice:
‘Precision Palliative Care as a Pragmatic Solution for a Care Delivery Problem’
This paper outlines a population health strategy – leveraging EHR tools, dashboards, and team-based workflows to proactively identify and support pts with cancer and unmet needs. Not with more referrals – but smarter, more targeted care.
Bottom line: Precision palliative care is not a niche idea – it’s a practical, scalable solution to one of oncology’s biggest delivery problems
We need to:
- Reform payment
- Build infrastructure
- Shift culture
- …to truly deliver whole-person care at scale.”
Title: Precision Palliative Care as a Pragmatic Solution for a Care Delivery Problem
Authors: Ramy Sedhom, Lawrence N. Shulman, Ravi B. Parikh
You can read the Full Article on the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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