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With the proper support and infrastructure from a cancer program or practice, precision medicine stewards can be important members of the multidisciplinary cancer care team—as they improve operational processes and increase efficiency.
Rockville, MD – The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) announced today that it has partnered with Pfizer Global Medical Grants to award more than $1.8 million in funding to 15 projects that are aimed at improving the quality of breast cancer patient care. The projects will focus on conducting quality improvement (QI) initiatives that support increasing the rates of BRCA testing for patients …
Demographics of the Emerging Drug Market in the United States The emerging consumer demand for equitable healthcare 1 DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT Arizona Georgia Florida New Jersey California Nevada New Mexico Texas Hawaii Maryland Louisiana New York Alaska Existing Majority Minority States Will Turn Majority Minority in 2020s Will turn Majority …
Highlights of important policy developments in Congress and at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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A spotlight on The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Oncology Center, located in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
As precision medicine becomes more common in the management of lung cancer, little is understood about the patient experience with biomarker testing, particularly of underserved patients. This study used survey and focus group methodology to determine patient perspectives on the educational needs within this community.
The Oncology Care Model (OCM)—the first specialty care model implemented by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)—looks to transform the future of oncology care around quality and value.
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The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the organization rewriting the book on how to fight a deadly disease. In the 16 years since our founding, we’ve focused on attacking pancreatic cancer on all fronts.
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In 2015, Mercy Health Anderson Hospital focused on the spiritual and emotional care of our cancer patients by implementing a pilot study to create spiritual care plans for patients identified as having moderate to high spiritual and/or emotional distress as determined by psychosocial distress screening.
Dr. Harold P. Freeman channeled his experience growing up in a segregated society to implement the first patient navigation program in the United States.
In a feature article in the January/February edition of Oncology Issues, Patsy Astarita, LCSW-C, OSW-C, and Michelle Abramowski, MSN, CRNP, share how the Kaufman Cancer Center in north central Maryland developed a palliative care program from the inside out. Though the existing infrastructure of the Kaufman Cancer Center included some palliative care resources, their challenges in developing the program …
A young woman stands on a crowded stage with several other women who step forward one by one, each holding a large piece of cardboard. When it is her turn, the young woman takes a few steps forward and holds up her own sign for the audience to read. It says, “Diagnosed with cancer four months after my honeymoon.” The woman then flips the cardboard over; on the other side, the words: “My first child …
ACCC helps the oncology community advance new therapies, expand access to clinical trials, and close the gap in cancer care delivery through real-world research, evidence, and clinical trials.