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Oprah Daily Says Palliative Care is the Health Care Model We All Deserve

CAPC's Diane E. Meier, MD, and other leaders interviewed by Oprah Daily to discuss the benefits of palliative care.

Serious Illness Has Mental Health Implications: Palliative Care Can Help

Becker's Behavioral Health covers the importance of integrating palliative care early on, highlighting how it can support patients' mental health and well-being.

Early Specialist Palliative Care in Patients with Metastatic Cancer

Only 8% of patients with newly-diagnosed metastatic cancer received early palliative care, highlighting a gap in guideline-concordant care delivery.

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Oprah Daily Says Palliative Care is the Health Care Model We All Deserve

CAPC's Diane E. Meier, MD, and other leaders interviewed by Oprah Daily to discuss the benefits of palliative care.

CAPC Releases New Position Statement: Addressing Financial Toxicity in Serious Illness

Position statement includes proven strategies that can ease financial hardship for patients and caregivers, while improving financial stability for hospitals.

‘Moving Mountains’ to Understand Pediatric Palliative Patient Preferences

How a lack of standardized, developmentally appropriate tools and data presents challenges for pediatric palliative care

Serious Illness Has Mental Health Implications: Palliative Care Can Help

Becker's Behavioral Health covers the importance of integrating palliative care early on, highlighting how it can support patients' mental health and well-being.

Trends in Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

A JAMA Health Forum study found Medicaid unwinding led to declines in buprenorphine prescriptions.

Technology-Based Mental Health Interventions in Dementia Care

A systematic review finds that digital health interventions may improve the mental health of caregivers of people with dementia.

Early Specialist Palliative Care in Patients with Metastatic Cancer

Only 8% of patients with newly-diagnosed metastatic cancer received early palliative care, highlighting a gap in guideline-concordant care delivery.

CAPC CEO, Brynn Bowman, Expands on Letter to the Field

In an interview, Brynn Bowman delves into the negative impacts Medicaid funding cuts could have on patients, and more.

Palliative Care During Critical Cardiovascular Illness: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

The American Heart Association's scientific statement encourages the integration of palliative care into the management of patients with critical cardiovascular illness.

Addressing Barriers in Palliative Care for Rural and Underserved Communities

Challenges that people with cancer face when accessing multidisciplinary and palliative care in rural areas and tailored strategies to improve symptom management.

Pilot Feasibility Trial of a Supportive Care Digital Application

Digital health app tested the improvement of symptom management and coping for patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer.

Introduction of the Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act

Bipartisan bill would test a community-based palliative care model.

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