Event Coverage
Dr Sashi Naidu: Partnering With Molecular Diagnostic Labs Facilitates Advanced Cancer Care
March 6th 2023Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates’ No One Left Alone initiative works to dismantle cancer health disparities and increase health care equity among its rural patient population. Sashi Naidu, MD, director of research, discusses delivering next-generation sequencing testing to patients.
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Dr Stephen Schleicher: We’re at a Turning Point in Oncology Care
March 2nd 2023Stephen M. Schleicher, MD, MBA, chief medical officer at Tennessee Oncology, discusses the present state of value-based oncology care and what the future may bring when the Enhancing Oncology Model kicks off on July 1.
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Telehealth Involves More Than Making a Phone Call, Says Oncology Consultants’ Wagner
February 19th 2023We’ve found through health equity initiatives that the search for the right telehealth modality is never ending, explained Oncology Consultants of Houston’s Susan Sabo-Wagner, MSN, RN, OCN, executive director of clinical strategy.
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Dr Sashi Naidu: NOLA Initiative Is Helping Overcome Fragmented Oncology Care
February 17th 2023At Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates, the No One Left Alone (NOLA) initiative is working to break down cancer health disparities among its patients by addressing the social determinants of health that may be preventing equitable access to care.
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Value-Based Primary Care Providers Try New Strategies to Improve Population Health
December 15th 2022The dilemma of Alzheimer disease in primary care, as well as other health challenges in aging populations, was the focus of a recent Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event in Portland, Oregon.
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How Ochsner, Xavier Are Working Together to Make Louisiana a Healthy State
December 15th 2022Leaders from Ochsner, Xavier, and their partners gathered on September 13, 2022, in New Orleans to offer an overview of the Healthy State initiative during a session of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine®.
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Dr Emeline Aviki: Telehealth Allows Patients a Quick Return to Daily Life
November 19th 2022There is a major role for telehealth in oncology care, not only for its convenience but also for giving clinicians the ability to scale nononcologic visits, explained Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, FACOG, assistant attending gynecologic cancer surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City and lead of the MSKCC Affordability Working Group.
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Dr Stephen Schleicher: We Need to Focus More on Financial Toxicity
November 14th 2022Stephen M. Schleicher, MD, MBA, chief medical officer at Tennessee Oncology, addresses the “huge problem” of financial toxicity among patients with cancer, which can be attributed in part to both the high price of targeted treatments and even from ordering only necessary testing.
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Dr Stephen Schleicher: Culture, People, Analytics Contributed to OCM Success
October 2nd 2022Co-hosted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the most recent Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event took place on September 22, with a focus on improving cancer care delivery through innovation.
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