Digital Bridges: Optimizing Telehealth for Older Adults with Cancer

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Gain insights into how the City of Hope’s advanced practice-led geriatric consult clinic—which provides a holistic approach to geriatric oncology based on ASCO and NCCN guidelines—developed a telehealth assessment tool geared toward the unique needs of older adults.

Topics We’ll Cover:

• The advanced practice nurse (APN) experience in leading a Geriatric Oncology Clinic
• Benefits of adapting to a telehealth approach for conducting geriatric assessments and implementing geriatric oncology interventions
• The importance of the patient experience when addressing aging patient-specific needs and preferences
• Optimal ways to engage and communicate with patients, families, and caregivers
• The need to facilitate communication and collaboration between the primary care and multidisciplinary teams

Speaker:

Leana Cabrera Chien, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
City of Hope, Duarte, CA

Send your questions on implementing telehealth for older adults with cancer to resources@accc-cancer.org by May 22, 2022. Register for the webinar to join the conversation and get the recording delivered to your inbox once it’s ready.

This webinar is open to the public. You do not need to be an ACCC member to view this webinar, but you will need to create an account to register. Please click the "Registration Instructions" tab for details.

This webinar is part of the ACCC education program, Digital Bridges. This project is supported by Merck.