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Take Aways from CANCERSCAPE 2017 In The News

Take Aways from CANCERSCAPE 2017

ACCC 43rd Annual Meeting, CANCERSCAPE It was an action packed 2 days at the ACCC 43rd Annual Meeting, CANCERSCAPE held in Washington, D.C.  Since I live in Maryland, it was less than an hour drive.  The sessions were extremely informative and it was a pleasure seeing colleagues and hearing top-notch presentations on value-based care and patient-centered care. Below are my take aways…
Carrie Tilley
April 17, 2017
Maddy Herzfeld interview at the #CCBS 17
Carevive CEO, Madelyn Herzfeld, speaks to OBR during the Cancer Center Business Summit 2017 In The News

Carevive CEO, Madelyn Herzfeld, speaks to OBR during the Cancer Center Business Summit 2017

Carevive's CEO and Co-Founder, Madelyn Herzfeld, R.N., B.S.N., O.C.N.,  is featured in video interviews from the Cancer Center Business Summit that are now live on OBR’s video library. In these short videos, she talks about challenges practices are facing when implementing patient engagement, patient-reported data, and solutions to drive better patient engagement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jU6rrV5zsE What are the challenges practices are facing when implementing…
Carevive
February 28, 2017
Setting the Standard: Implementing Evidence-Based Oncology Standards in Your Practice
Setting the Standard: Implementing Evidence-Based Oncology Standards in Your Practice In The News

Setting the Standard: Implementing Evidence-Based Oncology Standards in Your Practice

Originally posted on ONS Connect.  As oncology research is developed, tested, reviewed, and published, new evidence is introduced and changes to the care environment are made. Nurses are no strangers to evidence-based practice changes, and they’re often leading the way when it comes to implementing new oncology standards of care. Oncology nurses are integral members of the cancer care team, and…
Carevive
January 9, 2017
Dr Carrie Stricker Discusses IT Solutions That Engage Both Cancer Patients and Care Teams
Dr. Carrie Stricker Discusses IT Solutions Maximize Balance Between Patient Self-Management & Care Team Engagement In The News

Dr. Carrie Stricker Discusses IT Solutions Maximize Balance Between Patient Self-Management & Care Team Engagement

Originally posted on AJMC.com.  Last month, Carevive's Co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Carrie Stricker, PhD, RN, spoke at the 5th Annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.  The event is organized by the The American Journal of Managed Care. Dr. Stricker was part of a panel discussion titled "M Panel: Surmounting Health IT Challenges in Oncology Care". Innovative health IT tools…
Carevive
December 5, 2016
Cerner Healthcare Conference
5 Takeaways from the Cerner Healthcare Conference 2016 In The News

5 Takeaways from the Cerner Healthcare Conference 2016

Cerner Healthcare Conference 2016 (CHC16), Kansas City , Kansas, November 14-17, 2016 Cerner, a leading health information technology (HIT) solutions, services, devices and hardware company,  organize their annual conference in Kansas City. I had never been to Kansas City and I have never used Cerner's in my clinical practice. I wondered what I could learn if I had not used…
Carrie Tilley
November 24, 2016
Ethan Basch, MD, MSc Director, Cancer Outcomes Research Program; Professor, Medicine and Public Health UNC-Chapel Hill Cancer Prevention and Control
Carevive to be Featured in Ethan Basch PCORI Patient-Reported Outcomes Grant In The News

Carevive to be Featured in Ethan Basch PCORI Patient-Reported Outcomes Grant

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, a $5.45 million grant to support research into whether there are clinical benefits of having people with cancer self-report their symptoms while undergoing treatment. The project, titled Electronic Patient Reporting of Symptoms during Outpatient Cancer Treatment: A US National Randomized Controlled Trial and will run for a span…
Carevive
August 24, 2016
The Enhancing Oncology Model
Oncology Care Model: 196 Physician Group Practices and 17 Insurance Companies to Participate In The News

Oncology Care Model: 196 Physician Group Practices and 17 Insurance Companies to Participate

One June 30, 2016, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the practices that will be participating in the Oncology Care Model (OCM).  Today Friday, July 1,  marks the start of the five-year Oncology Care Model, one of the first CMS physician-led specialty care models aimed at improving quality and reducing the cost of care. This particular reimbursement…
Carevive
July 1, 2016
Nurse-Designed Software Innovations Are Changing the Cancer Experience In The News

Nurse-Designed Software Innovations Are Changing the Cancer Experience

Originally posted on Oncology Nursing News.  As nurses, we’re skilled at innovating. We have to be. The nature of our work means we often have to find new ways to help our patients. From new teach­ing methods to time-saving wound care tech­niques, every nurse has, at some point in his or her career, needed to think up something on the…
Sarah Handzel
June 28, 2016
National Cancer Survivors Day 2016
National Cancer Survivors Day® is Sunday, June 5 #CelebrateLife In The News

National Cancer Survivors Day® is Sunday, June 5 #CelebrateLife

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Communities to Recognize Cancer Survivors, Raise Awareness on National Cancer Survivors Day® – Sunday, June 7 Originally posted on http://www.ncsd.org/news-1/for-immediate-release-NCSD-2016-communities-to-celebrate-June-5 There are nearly 14.5 million people living with and beyond cancer in the U.S. today, and more than 32 million cancer survivors worldwide. On Sunday, June 5, 2016, communities around the world will gather to recognize these…
Carevive
June 3, 2016