clinical pathways

Perspectives

Potential for Clinical Pathways in Symptom Management

10/16/2017

Gena Cook, BA

Abstract: Clinical pathways are one of the main tools employed across health care to manage quality and consistency. Pathways are also useful for the reduction of variability in cancer care. Clinical pathways in...

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10/16/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Perspectives

Rationale for the Development of Clinical Pathways and an Overview of the Clinical Pathways Office at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

09/19/2017

Sanu Jain, BS, MHA

Abstract: The United States health care system continues moving away from an unsustainable fee-for-service payment model to more novel measures of care delivery. Clinical pathways have emerged as one of the...

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09/19/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Pathways in Focus

Applying First Principles Thinking to Cancer Care Delivery

08/16/2017

Aymen Elfiky, MD, MSc, MBA—Column Editor

A first principle is a basic, foundational, self-evident proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. The concept of first principles thinking has been advocated by...

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08/16/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interview

Clinical Pathways and Value-Based Care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute

08/03/2017

JCP Editors

Journal of Clinical Pathways spoke with Aymen Elfiky, MD, MPH, MSc, attending physician, clinical oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA), about clinical pathway implementation at the Institute,...

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08/03/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Biomarker Screening Pathway Aids Diagnosis of Monogenic Diabetes

07/18/2017

JCP Editors

A biomarker screening pathway for monogenic diabetes is an effective and easy approach to systematically screening young-onset patients, according to results of a population-based assessment published in Diabetes...

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07/18/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interview

ASCO Leads Discussion on Clinical Pathways Strategies, Improvement

07/13/2017

JCP Editors

Journal of Clinical Pathways spoke with Robin Zon, MD, FACP, FASCO, chair of the ASCO Clinical Pathways Task Force, about the current state of pathways, the future state of pathways in oncology care, and...

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07/13/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Perspectives

Accountable Health Care

06/14/2017

Anita Ballaney, MBA, MCA, BSc

Abstract: Since its passage in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has caused widespread disruption in the US health care ecosystem. This has put a huge spotlight on the system’s shortcomings,...

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06/14/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Clinical Pathways for Advance Stage Gastric Cancer: Standardizing Practice to Decrease Variability and Improve Outcomes

06/13/2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gastric cancer is the fifth most diagnosed cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer deaths. In the United States and other countries with low rates of gastric cancer, the population...

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06/13/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Conference Coverage

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2017 Annual Meeting

05/16/2017

The ASCO Annual Meeting is undoubtedly the premier gathering of oncology professionals from the United States and abroad, and a fertile ground for the presentation of scientific advances throughout the field. More...

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05/16/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Department

Cancer Patients Unfamiliar With Clinical Practice Guidelines, Clinical Pathways

04/12/2017

JCP Editors

Results of a recent survey of the cancer care experience revealed barriers to navigating cancer care, including high costs and lack of information about how treatment decisions are made. ----- Related...

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04/12/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways