Ramy Sedhom: Innovative, important work exploring telehealth v. in-person by Joseph Greer

Ramy Sedhom shared a post by Cristiane D. Bergerot on X, adding the following:

“Innovative, important work exploring telehealth v. in-person. As we absorb the final data (excited to see what it shows) consider a few related issues:
1. Payment parity issues for telehealth services are real issues across many states (commercial payors)
2. Access to specialty PC is limited in rural America
3. Transportation challenges make telehealth appealing, however, broadband access is a forgotten barrier
4. Many middle-aged Americans are the “sandwich generation” – taking care of their elderly parents and their own children (often while working). Joining in-person appointments is a “time toxicity” – time off from work, travel, etc.”

Quoting Cristiane D. Bergerot’s post:

“Who else is excited about the ASCO plenary session? Looking forward to the presentation by Joseph Greer on the comparative effectiveness trial of early Palliative Care delivered via telehealth versus in-person among patients with advanced lung cancer!”

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Source: Ramy Sedhom/X and Cristiane D. Bergerot/X

Ramy Sedhom holds positions as Assistant Professor of Hematology and Oncology at Perelman School of Medicine and Director of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care at Penn Medicine’s Princeton Medical Center.

His work focuses on palliative care integration, geriatric assessment, psycho-oncology, caregiver distress, and remote patient monitoring, with publications in leading journals.

Nationally, he contributes to guideline panels and committees, including the NCCN Guideline Panel for Older Adults with Cancer, and leadership roles within ASCO..

Cristiane D. Bergerot is the Director of the Department of Psycho-Oncology at CETTRO Cancer Research Hospital in Brasilia, Brazil. She has been working with cancer patients for almost 15 years as a clinician and as a researcher. She has over 30 peer-reviewed publications in journals including first-author publications in Cancer, Journal of Immunotherapy for Cancer, British Journal of Urology International and Pscyhooncology. She has received four merit awards from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conquer Cancer Foundation and was selected for the SWOG Young Investigator Course.