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Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309147336
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care by : Institute of Medicine

Download or read book Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike many other areas in health care, the practice of oncology presents unique challenges that make assessing and improving value especially complex. First, patients and professionals feel a well-justified sense of urgency to treat for cure, and if cure is not possible, to extend life and reduce the burden of disease. Second, treatments are often both life sparing and highly toxic. Third, distinctive payment structures for cancer medicines are intertwined with practice. Fourth, providers often face tremendous pressure to apply the newest technologies to patients who fail to respond to established treatments, even when the evidence supporting those technologies is incomplete or uncertain, and providers may be reluctant to stop toxic treatments and move to palliation, even at the end of life. Finally, the newest and most novel treatments in oncology are among the most costly in medicine. This volume summarizes the results of a workshop that addressed these issues from multiple perspectives, including those of patients and patient advocates, providers, insurers, health care researchers, federal agencies, and industry. Its broad goal was to describe value in oncology in a complete and nuanced way, to better inform decisions regarding developing, evaluating, prescribing, and paying for cancer therapeutics.

Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030926944X
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century by : Institute of Medicine

Download or read book Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising health care costs are a central fiscal challenge confronting the United States. National spending on health care currently accounts for 18 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), but is anticipated to increase to 25 percent of GDP by 2037. The Bipartisan Policy Center argues that "this rapid growth in health expenditures creates an unsustainable burden on America's economy, with far-reaching consequences". These consequences include crowding out many national priorities, including investments in education, infrastructure, and research; stagnation of employee wages; and decreased international competitiveness.In spite of health care costs that far exceed those of other countries, health outcomes in the United States are not considerably better. With the goal of ensuring that patients have access to high-quality, affordable cancer care, the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) National Cancer Policy Forum convened a public workshop, Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century, October 8-9, 2012, in Washington, DC. Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century summarizes the workshop.

Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care

Author : Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309286602
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (866 download)

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Book Synopsis Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care by : Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population

Download or read book Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care written by Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, approximately 14 million people have had cancer and more than 1.6 million new cases are diagnosed each year. However, more than a decade after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) first studied the quality of cancer care, the barriers to achieving excellent care for all cancer patients remain daunting. Care often is not patient-centered, many patients do not receive palliative care to manage their symptoms and side effects from treatment, and decisions about care often are not based on the latest scientific evidence. The cost of cancer care also is rising faster than many sectors of medicine--having increased to $125 billion in 2010 from $72 billion in 2004--and is projected to reach $173 billion by 2020. Rising costs are making cancer care less affordable for patients and their families and are creating disparities in patients' access to high-quality cancer care. There also are growing shortages of health professionals skilled in providing cancer care, and the number of adults age 65 and older--the group most susceptible to cancer--is expected to double by 2030, contributing to a 45 percent increase in the number of people developing cancer. The current care delivery system is poorly prepared to address the care needs of this population, which are complex due to altered physiology, functional and cognitive impairment, multiple coexisting diseases, increased side effects from treatment, and greater need for social support. Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis presents a conceptual framework for improving the quality of cancer care. This study proposes improvements to six interconnected components of care: (1) engaged patients; (2) an adequately staffed, trained, and coordinated workforce; (3) evidence-based care; (4) learning health care information technology (IT); (5) translation of evidence into clinical practice, quality measurement and performance improvement; and (6) accessible and affordable care. This report recommends changes across the board in these areas to improve the quality of care. Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis provides information for cancer care teams, patients and their families, researchers, quality metrics developers, and payers, as well as HHS, other federal agencies, and industry to reevaluate their current roles and responsibilities in cancer care and work together to develop a higher quality care delivery system. By working toward this shared goal, the cancer care community can improve the quality of life and outcomes for people facing a cancer diagnosis.

Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309095697
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-06-18 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after 1998, leading members of Georgia's government, medical community, and public-spirited citizenry began considering ways in which some of Georgia's almost $5 billion, 25-year settlement from the tobacco industry's Master Settlement Agreement with the 50 states could be used to benefit Georgia residents. Given tobacco's role in causing cancer, they decided to create an entity and program with the mission of making Georgia a national leader in cancer prevention, treatment, and research. This new entity-called the Georgia Cancer Coalition, Inc. (GCC)-and the state of Georgia subsequently began implementing a far-reaching state cancer initiative that includes five strategic goals: (1) preventing cancer and detecting existing cancers earlier; (2) improving access to quality care for all state residents with cancer; (3) saving more lives in the future; (4) training future cancer researchers and caregivers; and (5) turning the eradication of cancer into economic growth for Georgia. Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care identifies a set of measures that could be used to gauge Georgia's progress in improving the quality of its cancer services and in reducing cancer-related morbidity and mortality.

The Comprehensive Cancer Center

Author : Mahmoud Aljurf
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030820521
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Comprehensive Cancer Center written by Mahmoud Aljurf and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a valuable resource for hospitals, institutions, and health authorities worldwide in their plans to set up and develop comprehensive cancer care centers. The development and implementation of a comprehensive cancer program allows for a systematic approach to evidence-based strategies of prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation. Comprehensive cancer programs also provide a nexus for the running of clinical trials and implementation of novel cancer therapies with the overall aim of optimizing comprehensive and holistic care of cancer patients and providing them with the best opportunity to improve quality of life and overall survival. This book's self-contained chapter format aims to reinforce the critical importance of comprehensive cancer care centers while providing a practical guide for the essential components needed to achieve them, such as operational considerations, guidelines for best clinical inpatient and outpatient care, and research and quality management structures. Intended to be wide-ranging and applicable at a global level for both high and low income countries, this book is also instructive for regions with limited resources. The Comprehensive Cancer Center: Development, Integration, and Implementation is an essential resource for oncology physicians including hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and oncology nurses as well as hospitals, health departments, university authorities, governments and legislators.

Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309171539
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care by : National Research Council

Download or read book Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-10-09 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the barriers to improving the quality of cancer care in the United States is the inadequacy of data systems. Out-of-date or incomplete information about the performance of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and public agencies makes it hard to gauge the quality of care. Augmenting today's data systems could start to fill the gap. This report examines the strengths and weaknesses of current systems and makes recommendations for enhancing data systems to improve the quality of cancer care. The board's recommendations fall into three key areas: Enhance key elements of the data system infrastructure (i.e., quality-of-care measures, cancer registries and databases, data collection technologies, and analytic capacity). Expand support for analyses of quality of cancer care using existing data systems. Monitor the effectiveness of data systems to promote quality improvement within health systems.

Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer

Author : Adam Schickedanz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer written by Adam Schickedanz and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Breast Cancer: Global Quality Care

Author : Didier Verhoeven
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198839243
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Book Synopsis Breast Cancer: Global Quality Care by : Didier Verhoeven

Download or read book Breast Cancer: Global Quality Care written by Didier Verhoeven and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing or existing breast cancer centres strive to provide the highest quality care possible within their current financial and personnel resources. Although the basics in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer are well known, providing, monitoring, and assessing the care offered can be challenging for most sites. Based on the work of the International Congress of Breast Disease Centres, this book provides a comprehensive overview of how to start or improve a breast unit wherever you live. Written by a multidisciplinary team of over 100 experts from 25 countries, it provides a practical guide for how to optimally organise high quality integrated breast cancer care, whilst taking into account the local economics and resources available to different countries. Each component of the care pathway, including imaging, surgery, systemic treatment, nursing, and genetic assessment, is discussed from a theoretical and practical aspect. The authors define targets to strive for, methods to assess care, and key recommendations for how to improve within existing limitations. Finally, the book looks beyond the breast care unit to consider accreditation and certification, emerging technologies, media, and the role of governments. This guide will be valuable for anyone working in the field of integrated breast cancer care, including established breast care experts, those new to the field, and policy makers interested in the social, financial, and political aspects of improving breast care quality.

Cancer Care in Low-Resource Areas

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309458021
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Cancer Care in Low-Resource Areas written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though cancer was once considered to be a problem primarily in wealthy nations, low- and middle-income countries now bear a majority share of the global cancer burden, and cancer often surpasses the burden of infectious diseases in these countries. Effective low-cost cancer control options are available for some malignancies, with the World Health Organization estimating that these interventions could facilitate the prevention of approximately one-third of cancer deaths worldwide. Effective cancer treatment approaches are also available and can reduce the morbidity and mortality due to cancer in low-resource areas. But these interventions remain inaccessible for many people in the world, especially those residing in low-resource communities that are characterized by a lack of fundsâ€"on an individual or a societal basisâ€"to cover health infrastructure and care costs. As a result, worse outcomes for patients with cancer are more common in low- and middle-income countries compared with high-income countries. Few guidelines and strategies for cancer control consider the appropriateness and feasibility of interventions in low-resource settings, and this may undermine the effectiveness of care. Recognizing the challenges of providing cancer care in resource constrained settings, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine developed a two- workshop series examining cancer care in low-resource communities, building on prior work of the National Academies. The first workshop, held in October 2015, focused on cancer prevention and early detection. The second workshop was held in November 2016, and focused on cancer treatment, palliative care, and survivorship care in low-resource areas. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions of this workshop.

Outcomes Assessment in Cancer

Author : Joseph Lipscomb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107403161
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Outcomes Assessment in Cancer written by Joseph Lipscomb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. National Cancer Institute established the Cancer Outcomes Measurement Working Group in 2001 to evaluate measurements of the important and diverse impacts of cancer on individuals and populations. The findings and recommendations of the working group's 35 internationally recognized members provide alternative approaches for comprehensively measuring the burden of cancer and the effectiveness of preventive and therapeutic interventions.

Comprehensive Cancer Care

Author : James Gordon
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Comprehensive Cancer Care written by James Gordon and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2000-06-21 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores various treatment options available to cancer patients, including Chinese medicine, toxins, and recent experimental therapies, and explains the important role diet and emotional health play in getting well.

Managing Disruptive Change in Healthcare

Author : Arnold D. Kaluzny
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199368791
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Managing Disruptive Change in Healthcare written by Arnold D. Kaluzny and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare faces unprecedented global challenges. Rapid advances in genomics, computational sciences, and technology -- as well as the new focus on value-based care and an increased trend toward healthcare commercialization -- represent disruptive changes to an already-fragmented delivery system. The healthcare establishment has been slow to adapt, and now faces rising cancer-care costs and lags in outcome improvement and genomically informed interventions. Managing Disruptive Change in Healthcare codifies the US National Cancer Institute's lessons from utilizing a public-private partnership with community hospitals to navigate the change needed to increase patient access to high-quality cancer care, and enhance hospitals' capacity to conduct and support research initiatives. The treatment of complex diseases requires a delivery system capable of translating scientific advances into care that is coordinated across the full continuum; this book offers a blueprint to just such an infrastructure.

Assessing and Advancing Progress in the Delivery of High-Quality Cancer Care

Author : Health and Medicine Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780309719414
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Assessing and Advancing Progress in the Delivery of High-Quality Cancer Care written by Health and Medicine Division and published by . This book was released on 2025-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 marked the 10-year anniversary of the National Academies Institute of Medicine consensus report, "Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis." The National Cancer Policy Forum and the American Society of Clinical Oncology co-hosted a public workshop in October 2023 to provide an opportunity for the cancer community to gauge progress on the implementation of the report recommendations and to discuss persistent challenges in achieving excellent and equitable cancer care. Workshop speakers considered actions that could be taken to improve progress, as well as aspects of cancer care that have changed over the past decade and thus might require new strategies to advance the delivery of high-quality cancer care.

Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030918570X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-06-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Disparities to increase the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, to further the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, to foster the emergence of leadership on this issue, and to track promising activities and developments in health care that could lead to dramatically reducing or eliminating disparities. The Roundtable's first workshop, Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities, was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 31, 2007, and examined (1) the importance of differences in life expectancy within the United States, (2) the reasons for those differences, and (3) the implications of this information for programs and policy makers.

The Unequal Burden of Cancer

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309071542
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Unequal Burden of Cancer written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-06-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know more about cancer prevention, detection, and treatment than ever beforeâ€"yet not all segments of the U.S. population have benefited to the fullest extent possible from these advances. Some ethnic minorities experience more cancer than the majority population, and poor peopleâ€"no matter what their ethnicityâ€"often lack access to adequate cancer care. This book provides an authoritative view of cancer as it is experienced by ethnic minorities and the medically underserved. It offers conclusions and recommendations in these areas: Defining and understanding special populations, and improving the collection of cancer-related data. Setting appropriate priorities for and increasing the effectiveness of specific National Institutes of Health (NIH) research programs, to ensure that special populations are represented in clinical trials. Disseminating research results to health professionals serving these populations, with sensitivity to the issues of cancer survivorship. The book provides background data on the nation's struggle against cancer, activities and expenditures of the NIH, and other relevant topics.

OECD Health Policy Studies Cancer Care Assuring Quality to Improve Survival

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264181059
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book OECD Health Policy Studies Cancer Care Assuring Quality to Improve Survival written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer Care: Assuring Quality to Improve Survival surveys the policy trends in cancer care over recent years and looks at survival rates to identify the why some countries are doing better than others.