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Moving Towards An Enhanced Community Palliative Support Service (Encompass): Protocol For A Mixed Method Study, Steven Arris, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Susan Mawson

Deborah A Fitzsimmons

Background: The challenge of an ageing population and consequential increase of long term conditions means that the number of people requiring palliative care services is set to increase. One UK hospice is introducing new information and communication technologies to support the redesign of their community services; improve experiences of existing patients; and allow efficient and effective provision of their service to more people. Community Palliative Care Nurses employed by the hospice will be equipped with a mobile platform to improve communication, enable accurate and efficient collection of clinical data at the bedside, and provide access to clinical records at the …