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cord-273140-etod8fgd	Ritchey, Katherine C.	Reinventing Palliative Care Delivery in the Era of COVID-19: How Telemedicine Can Support End of Life Care	2020-08-07		.txt	text/plain	3635	189	46	Products from this project included a standard operating procedure for safe use of tablet computers for inpatient palliative care consultations and family visitations; tablet procurement with installation of video telehealth software; and training and education for clinical staff and other stakeholders. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a threat to essential palliative care services, including building connections between patients, families, and healthcare teams; mitigating isolation, loneliness, and fear; managing symptoms; determining care priorities in the face of life threatening illness; and promoting comfort, connectedness and dignity during the dying process. This included procuring tablets that operated through guest wi-fi services and completing "test calls" confirming our ability to perform telehealth encounters throughout the facility; training PCT members in the use of VA and non-VA video conferencing platforms; and developing a facility-wide standard operating procedure (SOP) for the safe use of tablet computers for clinical video telehealth consultations and patient-family visitations for both inpatient Palliative Care Services and CLC Veterans (Supplemental Table 1 ).	./cache/cord-273140-etod8fgd.txt	./txt/cord-273140-etod8fgd.txt