Guest Post: For the Love of a Friend
My dear friend Avery[1], a woman I’ve known since we were 10 years old (in 5th grade together) was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) in 2006. Having observed my mother’s battle with breast cancer in the 1980s, I considered myself a veteran of the struggle. Times change. Diseases evolve ...
WCOE: Making Informed Healthcare Decisions, Something We Can All Agree On, and the Power of Advocacy
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Few Consumers Are Using Quality, Price Information To Make Health Care Decisions https://t.co/jHm1W09icY— Amy Berman (@NotesOnNursing) April 21, 2015 Conversations w/ advocates @sfuldnasso "Payment reform should focus on quality, not quantity of ...
WCOE: ACA Open Enrollment, Drug Prices and Innovation, Breast Cancer Awareness and More
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. This week, several articles caught our eye: Amy Berman shared her own experience “Choosing Wisely” when she opted for a single dose of radiation therapy to alleviate ...
WCOE: Different Treatment Options Require Consideration of Patient Preferences, and What We Can Learn from Price Transparency in Veterinary Medicine
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. In “Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Varies Widely: Study Raises Questions About Early Treatment Choices,” Dr. Elaine Schattner, contributor to Forbes, directs readers to a recently released study that ...
Focus on the Care Video: Palliative Care and Living Well with Cancer
Last week we noted two recent articles addressing palliative and end of life care issues, including an article written from the first-hand experience of Amy Berman, who is both a nurse and an individual living with cancer. In Amy Berman's recent post on the Health Affairs Blog, she describes palliative care as the "best ...
WCOE: Amy Berman’s “Less Is More” Approach and End of Life Care
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. We need compassionate, communicative physicians who can deliver care without feeling like they are abandoning their patients. In the May 22nd Health Affairs online blog, "Living My Life My ...
Amy Berman’s Perspective of Palliative Treatment Highlights Issues in “Triple Aim” Approach to Health Care Delivery
If you already know of Amy Berman, have heard her story, or have been fortunate enough to have spent time with her, you will read more about what words like "patient centered" and "choosing wisely" look like when carried out to treat metastatic cancer. And you will also be exposed to ...
When the Patient Knows Best
Oncology nurse Theresa Brown shares Amy Berman’s decision to forego aggressive treatment for her Stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis in favor of palliative care aided by a health care team who respected her individual values and needs to receive care on her own terms. Recognizing the importance of the ...
