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To address the steadily increasing rates of cancer incidence and death worldwide, World Cancer Day (celebrated February 4) has taken on a multi-year campaign to “close the care gap” and bring awareness to the large treatment and outcome disparities that exist in cancer care.
The just-released 2016 CancerCare Patient Access and Engagement Report provides the oncology community with a comprehensive look at cancer patients’ perspectives of real-world issues that accompany patients along the care continuum from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. The landmark study encompasses six surveys capturing responses from 3,000 cancer patients representing a broad diversity of …
ACCCBuzz engaged in a discussion Josiah Allen, PharmD, a clinical pharmacogenomic pharmacist and Jake Barnes, an IS application manager, both from St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Kentucky, focused on the obstacles encountered in integrating a biomarker testing add-on module in their EHR.
ACCC joins a broad coalition of patients, advocacy organizations, cancer centers, and healthcare professionals to express support for the Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act. This crucial piece of legislation would address unacceptable care gaps in Medicare beneficiary access to genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk, evidence-based screening, and risk-reducing interventions, when medically necessary …
This Modern Healthcare town hall gathered healthcare leaders across the nation to discuss how they can best address racial inequity in their respective organizations from a leadership perspective.
At the ACCC 47th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS) this week, panelists discussed the appropriate use of telehealth in cancer care, debated the continuation of such care as the pandemic recedes, and addressed persistent gaps in oncology services in diverse populations.
In honor of World Cancer Day, February 4th, ACCC asked guest blogger Dr. Paul Goss, founder of the Global Cancer Institute (GCI), to share how GCI's new patient navigation program is helping to accelerate care for breast cancer patients in Mexico. At 77 years old, Juana was diagnosed with breast cancer. She lived in a remote village outside Mexico City, and was sent to a city hospital for …
ACCCBuzz explores strategies for improving access to dental care for patients battling head and neck cancer.
Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. launched a one-year quality improvement project to implement and standardize comprehensive biomarker testing in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
Marty Makary, MD, MPH, discusses the American healthcare cost crisis, in his keynote address at the North Carolina Oncology Association and South Carolina Oncology Society annual joint conference.
Based on evidence presented in the Institute of Medicine’s 2008 report, “Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs,” the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) has phased in a new standard – 3.2: Psychosocial Distress Screening. The goal of utilizing a psychosocial distress screening tool is to ensure patients’ emotional and psychological needs are being …
When a patient presents for care in an emergency department (ED), unexpected issues unrelated to their chief complaint may be flagged. To help patients better navigate our complex healthcare system after receiving news of an incidental finding during an ED visit, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Adult ED and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center partnered to follow-up with these patients after their …
Citrus Oncology is the first virtual multi-specialty care platform designed to help patients manage the side effects of cancer treatment.
Explore the role of cardio-oncology in understanding and managing potential cardiovascular complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Major takeaways from the NCCN Oncology Policy Summit in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, September 12.
The NCCN closed out 2022 with a patient advocacy summit focused on sexual orientation and gender identity, highlighting the barriers that can prevent LGBTQ+ patients with cancer, as well as survivors, from accessing high-quality, equitable care.
April 7 marks the 75th anniversary of World Health Day, with this year's theme centered around achieving health for all. This directive can be accomplished in part by increasing access to high-quality healthcare nationwide.
In a letter to congressional leadership, ACCC joined nearly 40 organizations in asking Congress to enact important access to care policy priorities as part of the reconciliation package currently being considered. Specifically, we urge Congress to pass legislation that would permanently extend enhanced subsidies for health insurance plans on ACA marketplaces, permanently fix the Medicaid "coverage …
The use of data to address health disparities and improve access to clinical trials could optimize care delivery and improve health outcomes.
Dr. Andre Harvin previews his keynote address at the upcoming Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) 49th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS).