Hospital Readmissions for Cancer Patients Can be Reduced by Early Palliative Care

A new collaborative model in cancer care, developed by doctors at Duke University Hospital, reduced the rates at which patients were sent to intensive care or readmitted to the hospital after discharge. The Duke researchers shared their findings today at the Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.In the new treatment model, medical oncologists and palliative care physicians partnered in a "co-rounding" format ...

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