Physician

The Physician works independently, primarily via video conference and is supported by a team to perform a variety of duties associated with providing palliative care for patients living with serious illness. Provides palliative care for patients via phone and video conferencing per the patient’s care plan. Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill palliative patients. Orders and interprets diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures consistent with patient’s clinical needs in collaboration with Primary Care and Specialty Providers. Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment for the optimal management of symptoms and support of best possible quality of life. Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, in collaboration with Primary Care, Speciality Providers, Home Health, Hospital Palliative Care, and Care Transitions.