WCOE: New CMS Oncology Care Model Offers Hope, End of Life Planning, and ACA Questions Answered
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. The new #Oncology Care Model offers #cancer patients the hope of better care. @canceradvocacy @CMSinnovates https://t.co/uQA76ALOG3— Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) February 13, 2015 "What Does It Mean?" commentary by @drdonsdizon via @ASCO ...
Being Mortal Is Far From Being Morbid: Responding to FRONTLINE’s Profile of Surgeon Atul Gawande and End of Life Care
On public television stations nationwide, the award-winning FRONTLINE series aired a program on February 10th based on the work of noted surgeon and writer, Atul Gawande. In addition to Gawande's many clinical and surgical talents, he has the rare gift of writing articles and books for all of us, no ...
WCOE: World Cancer Day, “Dying Shouldn’t Be So Brutal,” and More on Precision 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. Hard for clinicians to give up old practices, even when new evidence reveals that those practices offer little value: https://t.co/n3vFLx199y— Peter Ubel (@peterubel) February 6, 2015 "Dying ...
WCOE: Obama takes on Precision Medicine, Palliative Care ≠ Hospice, Quantity and Quality of Life, CLRC News, Medicare Payment Reform, and Breast Cancer Patient Communication
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Don't miss President Obama speak on his #PrecisionMedicine Initiative at 11:10am ET → https://t.co/zcSZULoCno— White House OSTP 44 (@WHOSTP44) January 30, 2015 What is President Obama's 'precision ...
Announcing a New Blog Series: “The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care” 20 Years Later
Read posts from the new blog series: "The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care" 20 Years Later In 1995, NCCS published Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: Access, Advocacy, Action, and Accountability (Imperatives), the culmination of an inclusive, community-based process. Adopted at the First National Congress on Cancer Survivorship, the Imperatives represented ...
WCOE: New IOM Report, Control Issues, Tempting Treatment Options, and Patients ‘Right to Try’ New Drugs
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. New IOM Report: Sharing Clinical Trial Data: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risks https://t.co/neRjKfx8ma #datasharing— NASEM Health (@NASEM_Health) January 14, 2015 "Cancer survivors plagued by lack of personal control" ...
Guest Post: Forgotten Survivors—Supporting the Needs of Patients with Advanced Cancers
Guest post by Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Director of Johns Hopkins Breast Center and Cancer Survivorship Programs. On November 19, 2014, NCCS will present the Catherine Logan Award for Service to Survivorship to Lillie at the Focus on the Care evening reception in Washington, DC. Though more and more ...
WCOE: Brittany Maynard’s Death with Dignity, Election Results and the ACA, and Susan Gubar’s “Not Talking About Medical Mistakes”
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. "Why is it so difficult for patients and doctors to discuss surgical accidents and complications without violating professional codes of conduct and arousing fears of legal liability?" ...
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: Elevating the Discussion on Living Well Until the End of Life
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. What caught our eye this week was extensive coverage of Dr. Atul Gawande’s new book, Being Mortal: Medicine and what Matters in the End. In it, he ...
