Nurse and Social Worker Palliative Telecare Team and Quality of Life in Patients with COPD, Heart Failure, or Interstitial Lung Disease
In an article published in JAMA, researchers sought to determine the effect of a nurse and social worker palliative care team on the improvement of quality of life for outpatients. These patients, who were were living with COPD, heart failure, and interstitial lung disease, showed clinically meaningful improvements in their quality of life compared with their "usual care".