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Palliative Medicine and Patient Involvement: The Heart of Patient-Centric Care
December 4, 2012
In the previous white papers in our series, we have dealt with several key components of an effective cancer treatment plan: care plan redesign, quality improvement, payment alignment initiatives for a complete episode of care, best practice clinical pathways and quality metrics, and the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to measure the patient experience during treatment.
In this paper, we look at two other necessary components: palliative care and patient involvement in decision-making.
These elements complete the treatment pathway and bring the focus where it belongs: on the patient.
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