We recently returned from the Association of Cancer Executives Annual Meeting where the Advisory Board gave a presentation titled, “Strategies to Keep Your Cancer Patients Out of the ED.” This has been a hot topic in the transition to value-based care – we wrote about it here and the Journal of Oncology Practice recently published a study that concluded proactive … Read More

If you are going to be attending NCCN in Orlando this week, let us know. We’d love to connect – we’ll be in booth 252 in the exhibit area. Learn more about our Patient Relationship Management software, including care management and remote monitoring. About the Conference: The NCCN Annual Conference: Improving the Quality, Effectiveness, and Efficiency of Cancer Care™ attracts … Read More

Depression is a common issue for cancer patients and there are obvious reasons for that – the diagnosis itself, uncertainty of the outcome, financial stress and many more. It can also go untreated when the symptoms – weight loss, loss of appetite and others – are often similar to common side effects experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy. The 2017 Cancer … Read More

The recent annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology brings together more than 30,000 oncology professionals from around the world to discuss new innovations and treatments. ASCO’s Plenary Session highlighted four abstracts “deemed to have the greatest potential to impact patient care.” Among those abstracts was a study led by Dr. Ethan Basch at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer … Read More

As the pressure on cancer care providers to identify ways to deliver high quality care at a lower cost, there is a big opportunity to use technology to give patients the personalized care they need. Navigating Cancer has led the way in developing tools that will put the patient at the center of their care and ensure that the patient … Read More

Patient Engagement HIT and AJMC both recently published stories about patient surveys that had similar findings when it came to what patients want: more engagement. Patients want engagement and providers need it as the shift to value-based care begins. In addition to traditional in-person services, one of the surveys found that patients want digital tools to track their own care … Read More

Fierce Healthcare recently reported on a study that compared the information patients were including on paper questionnaires to what was actually recorded in the EMR. It probably comes as no surprise that the study found that frequently what was reported by the patients did not get added to the EMR. The researchers said that the reasons for the inconsistencies were … Read More

Remote Monitoring and Patient Reported Outcomes As many cancer care providers recognize, one thing that could be vastly improved in the current care model is understanding what chemotherapy patients are experiencing between clinic visits. Knowing if the patient is experiencing an adverse event or not taking their medication and being able to intervene in a timely way can be the … Read More