Computer system improves pain therapy for cancer patients

Pain therapy for cancer patients - whether inpatient or outpatient - is often inadequate. At Heidelberg University Hospital, the use of an innovative electronic system - combined with guidance by an experienced clinical pharmacist - has been successfully tested. The treatment of the patients showed little variance from international guidelines on pain therapy. In addition, patients reported having less pain. The results of the study have been published in the journal Pain...

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