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Expanding telehealth possibilities: Performing virtual frailty exams in the home
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Expanding telehealth possibilities: Performing virtual frailty exams in the home

by American Society of Hematology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain According to a new study published today in Blood Advances, frailty assessments, a type of geriatric exam essential to predicting health outcomes in older adults with cancer, are both safe and feasible when conducted virtually. While providers often use in-person frailty screenings in clinic, such evaluations have...