Employee Spotlight: Martin Chavez
In this Employee Spotlight, meet Martin Chavez, the Senior Software Engineer of our Interoperability team. Martin works every day on workflows to increase the ease
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Weekly cancer blog round up: October 8
Navigating Cancer Team
October 8, 2010
As October rolls on, we continue to focus on bloggers sharing their thoughts about Breast Cancer Awareness month. We also feature a post from an ovarian cancer blogger. Please share your thoughts and any other blogs you’d like us to include in
Male caregivers of breast cancer patients have higher risk for hospitalization
Navigating Cancer Team
October 8, 2010
A large study in Denmark found that men whose wives or girlfriends had breast cancer were 40% more likely than other men to be hospitalized for mood disorders such as severe depression and anxiety. However, the overall number of men hospitalized was
Cancer blog round up: Breast Cancer Focus
Navigating Cancer Team
October 1, 2010
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Today is the start of breast cancer awareness month, are you ready for an explosion of pink?! We’ll be sharing posts from breast cancer bloggers throughout October, as well as some of the interesting posts from
Cancer caregiver survey
Navigating Cancer Team
September 30, 2010
Survey for cancer caregivers – support the supporters Last week we wrote about a new page on our site that outlines the tools and resources that are available to cancer caregivers, and how those tools can help alleviate some of the anxiety
Cancer blog round up: week of 9-24-10
Navigating Cancer Team
September 24, 2010
We continue to share posts from bloggers whose cancers are in the September “Awareness” month, with a focus this week on ovarian cancer. As always, please feel free to share your own blog’s link with us in comments. The hilariously named If
NCCN releases new cancer patient treatment guidelines
Navigating Cancer Team
September 23, 2010
Patient Guidelines Published for Breast and Lung Cancer The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) today released updated guidelines for breast and lung cancer patients. The guidelines were created to help cancer patients and their caregivers navigate the maze of treatment options that
Tools and resources to support cancer caregivers
Navigating Cancer Team
September 21, 2010
750,000 Cancer Caregivers More than 1.4 million cases of cancer are diagnosed each year, and studies suggest that at least 50 percent of those diagnosed with cancer will have someone in their immediate family act as their caregiver. Being a caregiver is
Cancer blog weekly round up: September 17
Navigating Cancer Team
September 17, 2010
September is a big month for cancer awareness, as it’s awareness month for seven(!) cancer types including ovarian, leukemia/lymphoma and prostate cancer. In this week’s roundup, we have a couple of posts from bloggers battling those types of cancer, as well as
Cancer blog round-up for the week of Sep. 10
Navigating Cancer Team
September 10, 2010
Before you check out the Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon tonight, here are some of our favorite posts from the week in cancer blogging to get you through Friday. Enjoy. In Bringing Sexy Out of the Thyloset: A Dear Thyroid Blog Tour, Charlcie
Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon
Navigating Cancer Team
September 9, 2010
Tomorrow night @ 8pm Stand Up 2 Cancer is hosting a telethon that will take over all the major networks, as well as many cable channels. Hosted by the three network news anchors, Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams, the telethon
Patient advocacy trend continues to grow
Navigating Cancer Team
September 2, 2010
It’s encouraging to see the growing trend in patient advocacy and personal involvement as reported recently in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, the later focusing on patient’s that are actively tracking their health. There are several studies being run at
Cancer Blog roundup: how to speak up during bad doctor visit and more
Navigating Cancer Team
August 27, 2010
Cancer Blog roundup for week ending August 27 We’ve been making a point to keep tabs on the cancer blogosphere so we can share with you some of the most interesting and engaging posts from cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. Post comments
Home page improvements for Supporters
Navigating Cancer Team
August 26, 2010
We made some improvements today to the home page design. Below is a screen shot and overview of those changes as they relate to supporters. The green box on the right tells you that you are a supporter and provides a link
New Connections Page to view and manage Your Community
Navigating Cancer Team
August 26, 2010
A new page we added today is Connections, which is located in the Your Community green navigation box on the left side of the page. This is where you can view and manage all your connections on Navigating Cancer. Below is a
Home page improvements for clinic staff
Navigating Cancer Team
August 26, 2010
Today we added a new feature to the clinic home page. Clinic staff admins can now enter a message and add a list of directives that will be added to their patients’ home pages. This allows clinics to have a presence on
Member home page design improvements
Navigating Cancer Team
August 26, 2010
Today we released a new design for the member home page. This is the page you see once you log in. The changes are unique based on the role you selected when you registered (survivor, supporter, caregiver, professional). Note that if you
Gena Cook interview on King 5 TV Seattle
Navigating Cancer Team
August 24, 2010
Our fearless leader, Gena Cook, was interviewed on KING5 TV’s morning news program today. It was a great opportunity to show off some of the site features that benefit cancer patients and their health care team, specifically the Daily Health Journal and
Nurse Navigators help cancer patients navigate their care
Navigating Cancer Team
August 20, 2010
Nurse Navigators: Dedicated professionals that help cancer patients navigate their care We at Navigating Cancer are proud of the work we do each day to provide cancer patients and their loved ones tools to organize and better communicate with the people that
Why some friends and family withdraw during your time of crises
Navigating Cancer Team
August 17, 2010
The New York times published an interesting article yesterday about the reasons some friends and family members disappear during traumatic situations, a time when you need their support the most. The author, Harriet Brown, had a number of crises’ occur with her
Prepare for Doctor Visit form improvements
Navigating Cancer Team
August 16, 2010
What is the Prepare for Doctor Visit form and why cancer patients should use it Time spent with a physician is one of the most important parts of a cancer patient’s journey, and it’s critical that they can provide their physicians with
Pan-Mass Challenge bike ride draws over 5000
Navigating Cancer Team
August 12, 2010
The Pan-Mass Challenge is an annual fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and is credited as the first bike-athon in the nation to use cycling as a way to raise money for a cause. Started in 1980 by 36
TCH Chemotherapy Regimen for Breast Cancer
Navigating Cancer Team
August 5, 2010
Navigating Cancer has a plethora of informative articles about chemotherapy drugs and regimens, some of the most complete information available online. In an effort to bring attention to these resources, we will be posting summaries to the blog so you can get
Meaningful Use Incentives for Cancer Clinics
Navigating Cancer Team
July 28, 2010
You may have heard about the “meaningful use” regulation that was approved by Congress on July 13th as part of the HITECH act, laying out the specific requirements for hospitals and clinics that implement electronic health records to receive incentivized payments. The
Medical History Form benefits cancer patients and clinics
Navigating Cancer Team
July 26, 2010
Today we officially released a new feature: a medical history form that enables cancer patients to manage and update their medical history on demand. We soft launched it a couple of weeks ago, invited members to preview it, and received insightful feedback
Cancer survival rate doubles since 70’s
Navigating Cancer Team
July 13, 2010
A cancer charity in the UK has released findings from a study of survival trends over the last 40 years showing that people diagnosed with breast, bowel and ovarian cancers, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are twice as likely to survive at least 10
The Big C trailer – new TV show about cancer
Navigating Cancer Team
July 9, 2010
Showtime is launching a new series on August 16 about a woman who is diagnosed with cancer called “The Big C“. Starring Laura Linney and Oliver Platt, it’s billed as a comedy where the main character learns to live life to the
Navigating Cancer CEO Gena Cook interview
Navigating Cancer Team
July 7, 2010
Our fearless leader, Gena Cook, was recently interviewed by the Healthcare Blog, an independent resource covering news and information in the health care field. It was also posted at their sister publication, Health 2.0, a blog focused on technology innovations within the
Cell phone radiation law passes in San Francisco
Navigating Cancer Team
June 28, 2010
In previous blog posts we linked to a report that studies were inconclusive regarding cell phone radiation causing brain tumors, and a National Cancer Institute (NCI) report last month about the need for more research into environmental risk factors that could cause
NCI report says cancer from environmental causes is underestimated
Navigating Cancer Team
June 25, 2010
A report from the National Cancer Institute’s presidential cancer advisers states environmentally induced cancer has been “grossly underestimated”, and more studies need to be done to determine risk factors. It is the first time the panel has taken such a sharp turn
Health insurer pays for more nurses to save money long term
Navigating Cancer Team
June 22, 2010
Geisinger Health System operates a number of clinics and hospitals in Pennsylvania, and also acts as an insurer for 250,000 people. They have been experimenting with innovative approaches to delivering high quality health care at reduced costs. One such experiment is to
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