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Episode 14 - Quality Initiatives in Medical Oncology
Despite the lack of an established set of measures to evaluate quality of care in medical oncology, Peter Salgo, MD; John L. Fox, MD, MHA; Michael Kolodziej, MD; and Bryan Loy, MD, note that initiatives that emphasize collaboration among stakeholders and ask healthcare providers to measure and report data from their clinical practices can be valuable in helping improve overall quality of patient care.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative and the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely initiative have already proved beneficial, especially in terms of improving end-of-life care, remarks Dr Kolodziej.
The concept of asking providers to measure their own data and report on their own findings can be valuable, adds Dr Loy. This information can be used along with a collaborative approach to address gaps in patient care.
Dr Fox discusses important strategies for implementing quality improvement programs, and notes that first and foremost, there must be consensus among stakeholders on how to define quality. Additionally, payers need to agree to reimburse for a single standard of quality. Identifying issues that matter and that can be measured is critical. Finding a way to pay for quality care is an additional challenge, comments Dr Fox.
Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Penn Medicine's Dr Justin Bekelman
December 19th 2023Justin Bekelman, MD, director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, sat with our hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, for our final episode of 2023 to discuss the importance of collaboration between academic medicine and community oncology and testing innovative cancer care delivery in these settings.
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Need for Pharmacogenomic Testing in Mental Health Care Explored at AMCP 2024
April 17th 2024Presenters from Mayo Clinic discussed the benefits of implementing pharmacogenomic testing in mental health care for the betterment of patient outcomes, reducing medical costs, and more at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2024 annual meeting.
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Emily Goldberg Shares Insights as a Genetic Counselor for Breast Cancer Risk Screening
October 30th 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Emily Goldberg, MS, CGC, a genetic counselor at JScreen, breaks down how genetic screening for breast cancer works and why it is so important to increase awareness and education around these screening tools available to patients who may be at risk for cancer.
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Study Suggests Walking 10K Steps Daily Improves QOL in Severe Hemophilia
April 12th 2024Among a small group of patients with severe hemophilia, researchers found that getting in more than 10,000 steps each day was linked to significant improvements in perceived physical health and quality of life (QOL).
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