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WCOE: NPR Series Leading to “Emperor of All Maladies,” Clinical Trials, and the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network

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Living With Cancer: Clinical Trials Looking for Patients https://t.co/sfZ0epUeme — NYTimes Well (@nytimeswell) March 26, 2015 Via @nprnews: "Professional Patient" Dixie Josephson has been going through treatment for #ovariancancer for 15 yrs https://t.co/c5ToN8gabv — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) March 25, 2015 LIVE: @SecBurwell joins President Obama to kick off the Health […]

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“The State of Cancer Care in America 2015” Report Provides a Snapshot of Cancer Care and Details Many Challenges in Oncology

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In a recently released, detailed 64-page report entitled “The State of Cancer Care in America 2015,” the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) provided readers with more than a snapshot of what cancer care looks like in America today.  Depending on how one measures progress against cancer—e.g., the number of new drugs available to treat cancer, […]

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National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Joins the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network

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Today the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) joined the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network and announced its goal in support of alternative payment models that will foster better, more patient-centered cancer care for the nation’s more than 14 million cancer survivors. NCCS Board Chair and cancer survivor, Michael Kappel, attended the inaugural […]

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Guest Post by Dr. Claire Snyder: Driving Quality Cancer Care with Patient-Reported Outcomes

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Twenty years ago, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship’s Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care advocated that “standards of cancer care should be driven by the quality of care.” By giving voice to the patient perspective, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) play a key role in assessing and improving the quality of care and, therefore, in setting these […]

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Journey Forward and ERS Advance Survivorship Care Planning Through Data Integration

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Data integration solution addresses one of the barriers associated with creating Care Plans for cancer survivors Journey Forward, a leader in survivorship care planning, and Electronic Registry Services (ERS), a leading provider of cancer registry software, today announced a successful implementation that enhances the use of patient data in after-care plans. Specifically, this enables data […]

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WCOE: An ACA Marketplace FAQ, Fear of Recurrence, Seeking a Beautiful Death and Perspectives on Drug Innovation

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In today's FAQ: Info about the #ACA marketplace special enrollment period that begins Sundayhttps://t.co/qtF825CflL pic.twitter.com/0XJtBK8jjl — KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) March 13, 2015 Coping with Fear of Recurrence: Part 1 https://t.co/vj3VUi22vl via @OncNursingNews Prevalence as high as 97% — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) March 12, 2015 https://twitter.com/PallOnc/status/574667577152176129 Advocacy opportunity: Public […]

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NCCS CEO Applauds Oncology Care Model in Editorial Appearing in The Cancer Letter

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The following editorial appeared in The Cancer Letter on February 27, 2015 The recent announcement by the Innovation Center at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the launch of an Oncology Care Model is an important step toward patient-centered cancer care. In 2013, the Institute of Medicine released its report, “Delivering High-Quality Cancer […]

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Decision-Making in Cancer Care: Communication (INFOGRAPHIC)

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The second principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “Quality cancer care should be available in a health care system whose standards and guidelines are developed in consideration of treating the whole person with cancer. Health care plans must regard the cancer patient as an autonomous individual who has the right to be involved in decisions about […]

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WCOE: Pace of FDA Drug Approvals, Redesigning Insurance Exchanges, Shared Decision Making, and Thoughts on Data Collection

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Too Fast, or Too Slow? Public disagrees over pace of #FDA's new drug approvals https://t.co/gnvqJq56AH via @RAPSorg — ResearchAmerica (@ResearchAmerica) February 25, 2015 Everything I know about a good death I learned from my cat https://t.co/KeC5qEcynk — Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) February 25, 2015 A Faster Way to Try Many Drugs on Many Cancers https://t.co/EFms6hYq3d […]

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Guest Post: Palliative Care in Oncology—We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby …But Let’s Not Rest on Our Laurels

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“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” -William Osler Since the creation of the National Cancer Act  in 1971, the medical establishment—and indeed our entire society—has taken up the powerful metaphor of a “war on cancer” as the approach to attacking and overcoming this dreaded disease.  This […]

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