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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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It used to be a much more complicated model. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. As a nurse, how challenging would it be to do eight hours of training and jump into this complicated world? David: We used the VA specific care assessment needs score, which- Eric: Oh, the CAN score.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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We put a couple extra things in place to really try to reschedule appointments, and this was telehealth. It’s complicated because right now there’s no mechanism other than cost avoidance. Getting the appointments for outpatient palliative care was a challenge, it sounded like. I’m just stunned even writing that!