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Do No Financial Harm: How to Improve Cost Transparency in Cancer Care

We’ve heard the figures before: the price of cancer drugs has risen by orders of magnitude per month over the past decades. In addition to cancer treatment becoming more expensive, insurance design and drug formularies have changed, resulting in a greater financial burden for patients.

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One Oncologist’s Firsthand Experience with Serious Illness: What Your Patients Want

There’s really only one way to identify how patients are coping with serious illness: by asking them, according to Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP, Director of Palliative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.

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Harnessing the Power of Data Collection and Coordination in Oncology Practice

Business intelligence is the process of collecting data from disparate systems—internal and external—and turning it into information that is meaningful and actionable toward achieving strategic goals.

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What Does an Ideal Navigation Program Look Like?

Katherine Sharpe, SVP ACS explains how to evaluate what makes an ideal navigation program.

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Highlights From the Latest Issue: April 2021, Vol 11, No 4

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Will Amazon Care Disrupt Oncology Care?

By Dawn Holcombe, MBA, FACMPE, ACHE

Rumors about the entry of Amazon into the healthcare arena have been circulating for years. Now, it has become a reality in all 50 states. Although there is no guarantee that this venture will be successful, it is likely to become a seismic event for all healthcare providers and patients. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge and address its potential impact sooner rather than later. Read Article

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