value-based care

NCCN CEO Compares Evidence Blocks With Other Tools to Assess Value of Cancer Care Treatments

04/01/2016

JCP Editors

In a session at their 21st Annual Meeting in Hollywood, FL, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) CEO Robert W Carlson, MD, discussed how NCCN Evidence Blocks stack up against other tools currently available...

In a...

04/01/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Palliative Care at Home Versus at a Hospital Improves Survival

03/30/2016

JCP Editors

Patients with cancer who died at home had similar or longer survival compared with patients who died at a hospital, according to a recent study.   The location in which patients with cancer die has a...

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03/30/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

New ASCO Report Finds Oncologists Concerned About Value-Based Care Initiatives and Alternative Payment Models

03/18/2016

JCP Editors

In its third annual State of Cancer Care in America report, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) described a number of the advances and remaining challenges concerning cancer care—including the sudden...

In its...

03/18/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Perspectives

Impact of Government Cost Controls on Treatment Selection for Clinical Pathways

03/08/2016

Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD

Scott Guerin, PhD

Abstract: The increasing emphasis on value-based care has led to the rise of clinical pathways and their use in various health care settings for a number of different disease states. To improve these pathways and...

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03/08/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Conference Coverage

2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Care Symposium

03/08/2016

JCP Editors

A number of recent initiatives have required health care providers to think more proactively about the value of the care they deliver. This is especially true in the treatment of patients with cancer, where...

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03/08/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Revealing Treatment Costs at the Point of Care Beneficial to Patients and Providers

03/08/2016

JCP Editors

A tool integrating costs associated with common cancer treatments with electronic medical records was beneficial to both physicians and patients, according to results of a study presented at the conference. Patients...

A tool...

03/08/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Physician Autonomy in A Value-Based Health Care System

03/01/2016

JCP Editors

In a recently published article, authors argued that the current metrics used for value-based reimbursement in health care are insufficient and that only improved health outcomes can truly measure clinical...

In a...

03/01/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interview

National Committee for Quality Assurance and the Value of the Patient-Centered Medical Home

02/16/2016

JCP Editors

An interview with Margaret E O’Kane, President, and Manasi A Tirodkar, PhD, MS, Research Scientist, National Committee for Quality Assurance Years of rising health care costs and variability in the quality of care...

An...

02/16/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Health Information Exchange Reduces Unnecessary Imaging, Lowers Costs

02/16/2016

JCP Editors

Access to an electronic health information exchange (HIE) system can reduce costs associated with unnecessary repeated imaging tests, claims a new study.  Imaging procedures such as x-rays or ultrasounds...

Access...

02/16/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Electronic Clinical Pathways Program Improves Care for Several Disease States

02/16/2016

JCP Editors

Using an electronic system to guide clinical pathway usage can have substantial efficiency benefits over paper-based systems, a new study finds.  Several studies have found that clinical pathways, when...

Using...

02/16/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways