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Among Their Peers: Peer Review Can Prove Tricky for Rural Surgeons
Isolation—it's a feeling rural physicians are used to. It especially comes to the forefront when organizing a peer-review panel and country doctors are reminded that their peers are few and far between.
For surgeons in particular, this difficulty is heightened because in many cases the only peers nearby are either practice partners or direct competitors. Traditionally, rural surgical peer-review panels have often included nonsurgical local physicians, distant surgeons not familiar with the limitations of the rural setting or expensive third parties.
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Source: ModernHealthcare.com
Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Thyme Care CEO and Cofounder Robin Shah
October 2nd 2023Robin Shah, CEO of Thyme Care, which he founded in 2020 with Bobby Green, MD, president and chief medical officer, joins hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, to discuss his evolution as an entrepreneur in oncology care innovation and his goal of positively changing how patients experience the cancer system.
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Innovation in Value-Based Care Requires More Data, Patient-Centered Thinking
November 9th 2023In a panel discussion at the 2023 Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting held in Nashville, Tennessee, experts discussed the Enhancing Oncology Model and themes in the movement toward value-based care in oncology.
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Nathan Walcker Discusses Value-Based Oncology Care Initiatives at FCS
September 8th 2023Nathan Walcker, CEO at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS), highlights some of the recent partnerships and initiatives at FCS to improve community-based oncology care from a value-based perspective.
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EOM Shows Awareness of Issues, but Provides No Resources, Says COA’s Nicolas Ferreyros
November 4th 2023The Enhancing Oncology Model is trying to address a number of the systemic challenges oncology faces without giving practices the tools and resources they need, said Nicolas Ferreyros, managing director of policy, advocacy, and communications, Community Oncology Alliance.
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