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ArticleBMC palliative care2021

Building a telepalliative care strategy in nursing homes: a qualitative study with mobile palliative care teams.

Clément Cormi, Marie Petit, Juline Auclair, Emmanuel Bagaragaza, Isabelle Colombet, Stéphane Sanchez

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Article in BMC palliative care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Clément CormiPôle Territorial Santé Publique et Performance des Hôpitaux Champagne Sud, Centre Hospitalier de Troyes, 101 avenue Anatole France, CS 20718, 10003, Troyes, France. ccormi.osteo@gmail.com.
Marie Petit *Unité de soins palliatifs Laroque, CHU Angers, F-49000, Angers, France.
Juline Auclair *Service de médecine palliative et d'accompagnement, CHU Bordeaux, F-33000, Bordeaux, France.
Emmanuel BagaragazaPôle Recherche et enseignement universitaire (SPES), Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier, F-75015, Paris, France.
Isabelle ColombetUniversité de Paris, APHP Centre, F-75006, Paris, France.
Stéphane SanchezPôle Territorial Santé Publique et Performance des Hôpitaux Champagne Sud, Centre Hospitalier de Troyes, 101 avenue Anatole France, CS 20718, 10003, Troyes, France.
Centre Hospitalier de Troyes · FRAssistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRCentre National des Soins Palliatifs et de la Fin de Vie · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite increasing use of telemedicine in the field of palliative care, studies about the best circumstances and processes where it could replace face-to-face interaction are lacking. This study aimed to: (1) identify situations that are most amenable to the use of telemedicine for the provision of palliative care to patients in nursing homes; and (2) understand how telemedicine could best be integrated into the routine practice of mobile palliative care teams.

methodsA qualitative study based on semi-structured focus groups (n = 7) with professionals (n = 33) working in mobile palliative care teams in France.

resultsBetween June and July 2019, 7 mobile palliative care teams participated in one focus group each. Using thematic analysis, we found that telemedicine use in palliative care is about navigating between usual and new practices. Several influencing factors also emerged, which influence the use of telemedicine for palliative care, depending on the situation. Finally, we built a use-case model of palliative care to help mobile palliative care teams identify circumstances where telemedicine could be useful, or not.

conclusionsThe potential utility of telemedicine for delivering palliative care in nursing homes largely depends on the motive for calling on the mobile palliative care team. Requests regarding symptoms may be particularly amenable to telemedicine, whereas psycho-social distress may not. Further studies are warranted to assess the impact of influencing factors on real-life palliative care practices. Telemedicine could nonetheless be a useful addition to the mobile palliative care teams' armamentarium.

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Hospice and Palliative Care NursingTelemedicineHumansNursing HomesPalliative CareQualitative ResearchDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedIntermediate Care FacilitiesNursing homesPalliative carePatient Care TeamQualitative researchRemote consultationTelemedicine

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PMID34645445
PMCPMC8514278
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