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Why Cancer Registries Matter for Survivorship Care Programs

A cancer registry is a systematic collection of data about cancer and tumor diseases. The data are collected by Cancer Registrars. Cancer Registrars capture a complete summary of patient history, diagnosis, treatment, and status for every cancer patient in the United States, and other countries as well. Lifetime follow-up is another important aspect of the cancer registry. Current patient follow-up…
Bob Bausmith
July 16, 2015
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National Cancer Survivors Day® is Sunday, June 7 #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/communities-to-recognize-cancer-survivors-on-sunday-june_7 On Sunday, June 7, 2015, tens of thousands of people around the world will gather in their local communities to observe the 28th annual National Cancer Survivors Day®. Hundreds of cities across the U.S. and abroad will hold…
Carevive
May 28, 2015
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5 Key Takeaways From Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

What has been labeled as the ultimate biography of cancer, Barak Goodman’s documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, based on the book by Siddharta Mukherjee, aired in March and is causing quite the buzz within the oncology community. The amazing biopic covers a wide range of topics of cancer ranging from early treatments from 1900s, advancements in surgery, targeted…
Carevive
May 18, 2015
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The Oncology Care Model (OCM) Model Explained

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center or CMMI) is continuously developing new payment and delivery models designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of both primary and specialty care. Among those specialty models is the Oncology Care Model, an innovative new payment model for physician practices administering chemotherapy. Under the Oncology Care Model (OCM), practices and…
Carevive
March 31, 2015
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New Carevive Care Planning System™ Functionality for Clinical Trial Accrual

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States, yet patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have limited effective treatment options, often offering only modest improvements in survival. The landscape for NSCLC treatment is changing rapidly, however, and many new targeted and immunotherapy agents are being studied in NSCLC clinical trials. Low participation in…
Carevive
March 31, 2015
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Survivorship Webinar Participants Speak Out: Care Plan Improvements Needed

On March 6, 2015, Carevive Health hosted a webinar on survivorship program development and evaluation with survivorship experts Drs. Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN and Jennifer R. Klemp, PhD, MPH and Alicia Rosales, LCSW, OSW-C. We had 423 registrants and 238 live attendees, which speaks loudly to how many of you across the country are working hard to overcome the challenges of survivorship care…
Carrie Stricker
March 31, 2015
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Webinar Event – Survivorship Care Plans: Introducing A Novel Technology to Transform Burden into Opportunity

Presenter: Carrie Tompkins Stricker, PhD, RN, AOCN; Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer, Carevive Health, Inc.  GW Cancer Institute's Center for the Advancement of Cancer Survivorship, Navigation, and Policy (caSNP) is hosting a unique webinar opportunity to get a first hand glimpse of our Care Planning System (CPS™). The webinar titled "Survivorship Care Plans: Introducing A Novel Technology to Transform Burden into Opportunity"…
Carevive
March 15, 2015
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Webinar Event-From Care Plan Template to Survivorship Program: Overcoming Challenges and Demonstrating Value

Join Us For An Exclusive Free Online Webinar Friday, March 6, 2015 3:00 pm EST 2:00 pm CST 1:00 pm MST 12:00 pm PST Topics covered: Models of SCP Delivery and Implementation What models are best for what settings? How to improve efficiency and effectiveness in NP, navigator, and hybrid models Cost/Revenue Analysis How to demonstrate value, including forecasting revenue generation by NP billable…
Carevive
March 2, 2015
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Carevive Systems’ Care Planning System™ (CPS) to Integrate with Electronic Health Records

Carevive Health is pleased to announce a partnership with the Redox Engine electronic health record (EHR) integration protocol. Redox boasts a modern API approach for healthcare EHR integration. Redox manages connections to health systems and brings the data into their cloud infrastructure. The management of EHR data occurs by using the popular JSON data format. This integration will highly benefit…
Carevive
February 26, 2015
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6 Steps to Meeting the CoC Survivorship Standard

The Commission on Cancer (CoC) Standard 3.3: Survivorship Care Plan became effective January 1, 2015. Like most cancer programs, your center may be working quickly to put a process in place to ensure that patients receive care plans after completing active cancer treatment. The CoC standard describes how survivorship care plans will, in the near future, be required for all…
Carrie Tilley
February 26, 2015