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July/August 2016

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Perspectives
08/02/2016
Abstract: The Meaningful Use Incentive Program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has successfully driven the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). However, it has been criticized...
Abstract: The Meaningful Use Incentive Program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has successfully driven the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). However, it has been criticized...
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08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Perspectives
08/02/2016
Abstract: As the cost of prescription drugs increases, payers and providers alike have attempted to determine the value of treatments for high-cost disease, including cancer. In this article, the authors discuss the...
Abstract: As the cost of prescription drugs increases, payers and providers alike have attempted to determine the value of treatments for high-cost disease, including cancer. In this article, the authors discuss the...
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08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways

Column

Pharma Insights
08/02/2016
Attributing value in the rapidly expanding oncology space is a new challenge to payers looking to introduce a range of novel therapies where older drugs have long dominated. Rising costs across all levels of cancer...
Attributing value in the rapidly expanding oncology space is a new challenge to payers looking to introduce a range of novel therapies where older drugs have long dominated. Rising costs across all levels of cancer...
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08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathways GPS
08/02/2016
For clinical pathway developers seeking to define the value of different treatments, quality-of-life (QOL) measures offer a means of capturing the factors that most define value to the patient and their caregivers....
For clinical pathway developers seeking to define the value of different treatments, quality-of-life (QOL) measures offer a means of capturing the factors that most define value to the patient and their caregivers....
For...
08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways

Department

Conference Preview
08/02/2016
JCP Editors
The Inaugural Clinical Pathways Congress September 16-18, 2016; Boston, MA As US expenditures on cancer-related treatments continue to grow, new solutions for managing these costs have increasingly become...
The Inaugural Clinical Pathways Congress September 16-18, 2016; Boston, MA As US expenditures on cancer-related treatments continue to grow, new solutions for managing these costs have increasingly become...
The...
08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Research in Review
08/02/2016
JCP Editors
A study of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and boost doses of postoperative radiotherapy (B-PORT) in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has found that outcomes depend on a number of pathologic and...
A study of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and boost doses of postoperative radiotherapy (B-PORT) in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has found that outcomes depend on a number of pathologic and...
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08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Research in Review
08/02/2016
JCP Editors
Patient outcomes differed widely based on which radiation therapy (RT) option was used to treat prostate cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Treatment Reviews. Treatment for prostate cancer, a prevalent...
Patient outcomes differed widely based on which radiation therapy (RT) option was used to treat prostate cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Treatment Reviews. Treatment for prostate cancer, a prevalent...
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08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Research in Review
08/02/2016
JCP Editors
Steps must be taken to address the unsustainable growth of health care costs for metastatic cancer in order to better serve patients while still acknowledging the limits of health care resources, claims a review...
Steps must be taken to address the unsustainable growth of health care costs for metastatic cancer in order to better serve patients while still acknowledging the limits of health care resources, claims a review...
Steps...
08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Research in Review
08/02/2016
JCP Editors
A scoping review published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation has found that clinical pathways for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are diverse in their design, content, and implementation. This information may...
A scoping review published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation has found that clinical pathways for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are diverse in their design, content, and implementation. This information may...
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08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways

News

Conference Coverage
08/02/2016
JCP Editors
At the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, a session was held on the first day dedicated to the topic of clinical pathways in oncology. The session, titled “Practicing in the Age of...
At the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, a session was held on the first day dedicated to the topic of clinical pathways in oncology. The session, titled “Practicing in the Age of...
At the...
08/02/2016
Journal of Clinical Pathways