Physicians and their care teams are naturally focused on delivering the best possible outcomes for patients. And managing complex cases often requires balancing treatment plans, addressing symptoms, and coordinating care across multiple disciplines—all while navigating time constraints.
This is where palliative care comes in, not as a replacement for physician expertise, but as an extension of your care team. Specialized palliative care offers home-based and virtual services that enhance patient outcomes while keeping practices focused on what they do best: treating patients.
Unfortunately, nearly 60% of patients who could benefit from palliative care do not receive it. That’s according to a recent NEJM Catalyst Insights Report on the power of palliative care.
Palliative care should be as ubiquitous as hospice care within the health care industry. If 60% of patients who would benefit aren’t receiving it, there’s a real disconnect. — report co-author Amy Compton-Phillips, M.D., executive vice president and chief clinical officer at Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA.
While lack of awareness remains a significant barrier to palliative care expansion, the clinical benefit to providers, patients, and healthcare cost savings are contributing to the growing interest in this specialty.
At its core, palliative care is specialized medical care designed to improve quality of life for patients with serious illnesses alongside curative or disease-modifying treatments.
Palliative care isn't necessarily for the end of the road. It's for when the road gets hard. At Vynca, we define palliative care as specialized medical support for people living with serious illness — focused on relief from symptoms, clarity around choices, and care aligned with what matters most. It's not hospice. It's not about giving up. It's about getting more:
For physicians and specialists, palliative care provides an extra layer of support by managing time-intensive issues such as symptom control, advance care planning, and psychosocial challenges. The physician maintains the central role in disease management while ensuring patients’ broader needs are met.
Integrating palliative care in physician and specialty practices delivers measurable benefits and improved outcomes for both patients and providers, including:
At Vynca, we partner with providers to orchestrate and deliver comprehensive palliative care that aligns seamlessly with physician practice workflows through:
Unlike other organizations that offer palliative services as an adjunct to hospice or home health programs, the Vynca model is built around supporting patients with serious illnesses—wherever they are in their health journey.
As a pioneer in technology-enabled palliative care, Vynca redefines how interdisciplinary teams deliver high-quality, patient-centered care at scale. Our hybrid approach combines in-person visits with virtual support to deliver more quality days at home while decreasing hospitalizations—improving outcomes for patients while reducing the administrative burden.
To learn more about how Vynca can support your practice, or to refer a patient today, visit vyncacare.com, email us at hello@vyncacare.com, or call 1-888-227-8884.