A Pilot of a Telehealth-Hospice Transition Intervention for Children and Young Adults with Cancer.

Background And Aims: Telehealth can improve care for patients with progressive cancer enrolling in hospice. Coordinated telehealth visits (patient/family-hospital-hospice) may improve communication, satisfaction with and interdisciplinary hospice collaboration. This pilot examines the impact of three coordinated telehealth visits on these outcomes.

Patients are unaware of clinical recommendations and resources.

Aims: The Emory Family Medicine Clinic (EFMC) sought to identify perceptions of recent patient-provider communications for patients with diabetes, factors influencing patient compliance with clinical recommendations, and patients' desire for additional resources to facilitate diabetes management.

Methods: Four focus group discussions were held June-August 2018 (3-9 participants each, 21 total). EFMC patients with uncontrolled diabetes received a phone invitation.