Interviews
December 12, 2018 –
While patient-reported outcomes don’t provide the whole story, they can provide insight into how chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy changes a patient’s life, said Brian Koffman, MDCM, DCFP, DABFM, MS Ed, medical director, CLL Society.
December 11, 2018 –
Project ECHO can be used to improve access to care in rural and underserved areas by sharing knowledge, said Sanjeev Arora, MD, FACG, MACP, director and founder of Project ECHO and a professor of medicine at University of New Mexico.
December 10, 2018 –
Jeff White, PharmD, MS, staff vice president, Anthem, outlines best practices for preventing opioid misuse.
December 10, 2018 –
Dan Mendelson, MPP, founder, Avalere Health, discusses how the shift to value-based care has impacted managed care pharmacy.
December 09, 2018 –
The American Medical Association (AMA) has 3 main strategic areas it is focusing on to help create the healthcare system of the future that is deserving of doctors’ work and patients’ respect, said Barbara L. McAneny, MD, president of the AMA.
December 08, 2018 –
Improvements in treatments have led to less toxicities and better quality of life for patients with breast cancer, said Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, director of the Center for Global Cancer Medicine at the Abramson Cancer Center, and professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
December 07, 2018 –
Informing patients about what to look for with neutropenia can help keep them out of the emergency department (ED) so they can be treated in the clinic, instead, said Beth Wittmer, RN, OCN, manager of care management at Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute.
December 06, 2018 –
Years before the Oncology Care Model (OCM) was implemented, Northwest Medical Specialties started preparing by making changes to the personnel in the practice, explained Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncologist at Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC.
December 06, 2018 –
Pushing accountable care organizations (ACOs) to take on risk faster will likely result in ACOs that aren’t ready just dropping out of the program and could impact participation in value-based care, said Allison Brennan, MPP, senior vice president of government affairs for the National Association of ACOs.
December 05, 2018 –
There are a number of nonopioid options, as well as nondrug options, for pain management, explained Jeff White, PharmD, MS, staff vice president, Anthem.
