Dr Mark Soberman on the Next Generation Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Team
April 27th 2018Mark Soberman, MD, MBA, FACS, explains why he chose to focus on creating the next generation multidisciplinary team in cancer care during his 1-year tenure as president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC).
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Dr Kathleen Blake Discusses the Impact Healthcare Industry Changes Have on Burnout
April 23rd 2018Recent changes in the healthcare industry can both contribute to and exacerbate clinician burnout, but can also improve the situation, said Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, vice president for Performance Improvement at the American Medical Association.
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Tom Gallo Discusses How Burnout Is Increasing and the Role of Technology
April 6th 2018Tom Gallo, president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers, discusses how burnout is on the rise, but being better addressed now, as well as how technology can both contribute to and alleviate burnout.
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Experts Emphasize the Value of Cancer Care Integration at ACCC Meeting
March 21st 2018At the Association of Community Cancer Centers’ (ACCC) 44th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, March 14-16, 2018, in Washington, DC, panelists discussed the most powerful forces that are reshaping cancer care to be more multidisciplinary.
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Technology Integration in Community Oncology Practice: Building the Future
March 16th 2018Finding inefficiencies in operational processes to identify gaps, improve symptom management and adherence, and optimizing value-based care—these are a few of the advantages of implementing technology in the daily operations of a community-based practice. This was the takeaway message from a series of presentations at the Association of Community Cancer Centers' 44th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, March 14-16, 2018, in Washington DC.
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Barbara Tofani: The United States Underestimated the Need for Care Coordination
March 16th 2018Care has become very complex and it isn’t enough to just give patients information and hope they can process it on their own, said Barbara Tofani, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, administrative director of the Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center.
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Investing in the Vital Role of a Cancer Care Coordinator
March 16th 2018At the Association of Community Cancer Centers' 44th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, held March 14-16, 2018, in Washington, DC, panelists shared strategies that have helped their organizations adapt to value-based care while ensuring that they never lose sight of the patient at the center of it all.
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Changing Trends in Oncology Practice: Value-Based Care and an Empowered Patient
March 16th 2018What are the biggest drivers of change in oncology care and what needs most attention? This was the crux of the discussion during an early panel at the Association of Community Cancer Centers' 44th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, held March 14-16, 2018, in Washington, DC.
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Dr James Hamrick Outlines Challenges of Managing Clinical Trials and Benefits of Community Practices
March 16th 2018The increasing complexity and personalization of clinical trials are major challenges for managing clinical trials, said James Hamrick, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente and Flatiron Health.
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The Price of Innovation When Improving Cancer Care Delivery
March 15th 2018At the Association of Community Cancer Center’s 44th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, March 14-16, 2018, in Washington, DC, payer and physician representatives shared the stage with the president of a cancer foundation that is striving to break the barriers that prevent easy healthcare information exchange and access to cancer care.
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