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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

The journey to her new role as Patient Ambassador with Parexel was really 16 years in the making, advocating for her son, Emmett, and for her own cancer patient persona. They are never seen in the same room at the same time, working as “Clark Kent and Superman” – tag-teaming with love, resilience, and faith. [To

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Doing Less Can Be Doing More for Healthcare – the Biggest Takeaway From ASCO 2018

Health Populi

Groundbreaking research presented at this week’s ASCO meeting found that some women diagnosed with certain forms of cancer do not benefit from undergoing chemotherapy. The second chart illustrates patient-borne costs for early stage breast cancer. The test is called the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Frost & Sullivan research indicates a growth of nearly 20-25% in patient engagement management solutions in 2021 alone. Molecular screening platforms, multi-gene panel & NGS tests will re-imagine large population cancer treatment pathways – representing an opportunity of some $1.7 billion by the end of 2021. More than 1.2

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Technology is radically improving care for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

VA is developing strategic partnerships with industry leaders to help guide research around future applications of AI. By linking patients to the most effective cancer treatments available, Veterans receive care that is specific to their particular needs. Find out more about VA Modernization at VA.gov/modernization.

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How health IT's leading innovators are using AI now, and where they see it going

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Health systems are notching big wins with their IT investments Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care News NYU Langone Health promotes generative AI innovation with 'prompt-a-thon' Teams of clinicians, researchers and educators worked to find artificial intelligence-enabled.

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Patient data embargo management

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Many think this is an easy problem to solve, just slap a security tag on the data, but it is a much bigger systems-engineering problem. For example, a lab result that clearly indicates cancer. I could imagine that authorized research would or should be embargoed with the same rules as for Patients.

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Breaking the Cycle of Financial Toxicity

GlobalMed

million cancer survivors in the U.S. Consider these findings: A white paper by Family Reach and Xcenda found that cancer patients were 2.65 The authors concluded that cancer treatment increased the risk of financial catastrophes, which in turn are tied to cancer deaths. Deductibles in job-based health plans in the U.S.