Ramy Sedhom: Palliative Care Isn’t Just about When. It’s about Who, What, and How
Ramy Sedhom, Director of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care at Penn Medicine, Princeton Health, University of Pennsylvania Health System, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Palliative care isn’t just about when. It’s about who, what, and how.
I recently joined Dr. Joseph McCollom on the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Daily News Podcast to discuss precision palliative care – a strategy that aligns support not with diagnosis alone, but with what matters most to each person
Listen to the podcast.
Summary below!
What Is Precision Palliative Care? Rethinking a Care Delivery Problem
Despite strong evidence that early palliative care improves quality of life – and in some cases survival – we continue to face real delivery challenges
Workforce limitations, referral bottlenecks, and fee-for-service systems often leave patient needs unmet
In this conversation, we unpack a different path forward:
- Matching support to need – not just stage
- Embedding screening, EHR nudges, and triage protocols
- Aligning the dose of palliative care to the complexity of each case
- Learning from trials like the Stepped Palliative Care Study
I also share insights from our recent article in JCO Oncology Practice:
‘Precision Palliative Care as a Pragmatic Solution for a Care Delivery Problem’
This paper outlines a population health strategy – leveraging EHR tools, dashboards, and team-based workflows to proactively identify and support pts with cancer and unmet needs. Not with more referrals – but smarter, more targeted care.
Bottom line: Precision palliative care is not a niche idea – it’s a practical, scalable solution to one of oncology’s biggest delivery problems
We need to:
- Reform payment
- Build infrastructure
- Shift culture
- …to truly deliver whole-person care at scale.”
Title: Precision Palliative Care as a Pragmatic Solution for a Care Delivery Problem
Authors: Ramy Sedhom, Lawrence N. Shulman, Ravi B. Parikh
You can read the Full Article on the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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