Article Excerpt: A dual-principal investigator (PI) research group led by Dartmouth and the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital, and seven other institutions across the U.S. serving as sites for the project, have received a five-year, $13 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Their project will test the effectiveness of video as a communication tool during patient visits for people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and their caregivers…
“The gold standard of care for ALS has been quarterly multidisciplinary clinic visits for patients and caregivers that last 3-5 hours and involve 10-12 clinicians—including a neurologist, pulmonologist, speech, physical, and occupational therapists, dietician, and social worker—all giving detailed instructions on how to manage their illness and symptoms,” explains Paul Barr, PhD, MSc, an associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and Center for Technology & Behavioral Health at the Geisel School of Medicine and dual-PI on the project.
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Article Source: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine News