Rehabilitation consults during the acute care stay can help improve function and minimize debility. Despite the fact that hospitalized oncology service patients frequently have impairments, research has shown an under-referral of these individuals to rehabilitation. 4,5 Inpatient physiatry and rehabilitation services consults often occur when the primary acute care medical team realizes that the patient is unsafe to go home. A common scenario is that acute care medical treatment has finished and the attending oncology physician informs the patient (and his/her family) that it’s time for discharge; however, the patient/family express concerns regarding readiness for discharge. In these cases, it is likely that a physiatry and/or other rehabilitation consultation that is provided earlier in the course of the hospitalization could improve discharge planning and reduce anxiety and/or prevent the need for transfer to an inpatient rehabilitation facility or an unplanned acute care readmission shortly after discharge.