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AHOPS: Advanced Hematologic Malignancy Outpatient Service

Project Description Patients with hematologic malignancies often have unpredictable and intensive care needs. Patients with leukemia, for example, require frequent infusion appointments but cannot always be seen by a…

Penn Cancer Cavalry

Project Description As patients with cancer receive care, they may be met with harmful symptoms and adverse reactions as a result of their treatment. If symptom management support is…

Pioneering Radiation Oncology Episode Payment

Project Description Whereas payment for radiotherapy treatment has historically been fee-for-service, Penn Medicine has pioneered episode-based payment: bundling payments for radiation services within a defined period of care as…

Embedding Cancer Clinical Pathways in the Electronic Health Record for Value-Based Care

Project Description Clinical pathways help to reduce variation in cancer treatment and care, and have been shown to reduce costs as well as improve patient outcomes. In spite of…

IMPACT: Improving Access to Cancer Clinical Trials

Project Description Lazarex Cancer Foundation established a pilot financial reimbursement program in 2013 aiming to remove financial barriers to clinical trial participation for patients with cancer. There was a…

Cancer Care at Home

Project Description Each year, about 1.8 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Historically, nearly all life-extending cancer treatment has been delivered in outpatient or hospital settings. Within a year…

RadComp: Radiotherapy Comparative Effectiveness

Project Description Nearly 3 million women are living with breast cancer in the United States. Radiotherapy plays a major curative role in the treatment of breast cancers. Because of…

Nudges Informed by Behavioral Economics to Increase Utilization of Higher-Value Cancer Drugs

Project Description Identifying effective ways to promote high-value, evidence-based prescribing is particularly important in cancer care, where spending is estimated to surpass $170 billion by 2020, driven in large…

iSMART: Implementation Strategies for Monitoring Adherence in Real Time for Oral Anticancer Therapies

Project Description Oral therapies in the treatment of lung cancer have unique side effect profiles that can lead to suboptimal adherence if not adequately managed, contributing ultimately to decreased…

Direct and Spillover Impact of Utilization Management Policy on Uptake of Hypofractionated Radiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Project Description Breast cancer accounts for the largest portion of cancer-related spending in the United States. Prior work has shown that while hypofractionated radiation following breast conservation surgery is…