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Despite limited evidence to support their use, hospice and palliative care programs commonly employ protocols and/or algorithms for symptom management. The use of these tools may assist in the standardization of care and help manage pharmacotherapy-related costs. The process used by one national palliative care pharmacy company to create palliative care guidelines and algorithms is described along with some of the challenges in validating such tools.
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