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Transportation Assistance in Gynecologic Oncology
Project Description Cancer care often requires frequent travel to and from appointments, hospitals, and treatments. Many patients, however, do not have consistent access to reliable and affordable transportation methods.
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…
E-Consults: Reducing Wait Times for Patients with Blood Disorders
Project Description Wait times to see a physician, particularly a specialist, have steadily increased over the last several years. Recent data found the average wait time for an…
Telemedicine and Cancer Rehabilitation: Learning from the Pandemic
Project Description Telemedicine experienced major growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, filling a suddenly urgent need for safe, remote alternatives to the doctor’s office. Telemedicine technologies, which primarily involve phone…
Demonstrating the Value, Safety, and Feasibility of Telehealth in Clinical Trials
Project Description The use of telehealth increased rapidly and dramatically as a form of healthcare delivery at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has created opportunities to reexamine…
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…
Financial Navigation Program for Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Project Description Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells which is currently incurable and often requires systemic therapy for the duration of a patient’s life–which for one…
Electronic Health Record Nudges to Improve Equitable Genetic Screening in Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer
Project Description Recent years have seen an increase in rates of young-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), a diagnosis of CRC prior to the age of 50. When CRC is diagnosed…
Optimizing Biomarker Detection and Extending Life for Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Project Description When patients are diagnosed with metastatic, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), biomarker testing is crucial to determine the optimal treatment. For example, for the 30% of…
TIME: Text-based Intervention to Minimize the Time Burden of Routine Cancer Care
Project Description Patients with advanced cancer spend a significant portion of their remaining survival time interacting with the health system: commuting to, waiting for, and receiving care. For instance,…