Tele-palliative Care in Rural Dialysis Patients



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Renal Impairment / Chronic Kidney Disease
Therapuetic Areas:Nephrology / Urology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:11/18/2018
Start Date:October 11, 2018
End Date:July 2020
Contact:Katharine L Cheung, MD, PhD
Email:klcheung@med.uvm.edu
Phone:802-656-8248

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Telemedicine Facilitated Palliative Care Consultations in Rural Dialysis Units

Telemedicine is an innovative approach that has successfully facilitated palliative care
consultations (PCC) in rural settings but not yet in dialysis. In this study, the
investigators will deliver telemedicine-facilitated PCC to rural dialysis units leveraging an
existing telehealth network.


Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients age 18 and older, receiving maintenance dialysis who are willing and
capable of providing informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with dementia or other medical conditions that would impair their ability to
consent, participate in conversation or complete questionnaires, or patients expected
to transfer to a dialysis unit outside of Vermont within 6 months would be excluded.
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University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont 05405
Phone: 802-656-8248
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