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Empowering Pediatric Patients through Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring
Project Description While clinician reports are often the standard for recording adverse side effects of cancer treatment, patient reported outcomes (PROs) are an increasingly important assessment tool through which…
PLUS: Promoting Lung Cancer Screening Among Screening-Eligible Individuals in Environmentally Burdened Communities Through Enhanced Risk Communication
Project Description In the city of Philadelphia, lung cancer incidence and mortality rates exceed state and national rates. Both smoking and air pollutants are known risk factors for lung…
PROSPR: Population-based Research to Optimize the Screening Process
Project Description Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, with the lowest 5-year relative survival rates of all cancer types. Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates are…
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…
Increasing Lung Cancer Screening Through Connected Health
Project Description Implementation of annual lung cancer screenings (LCS) across the United States remains low (estimated 5% screening-eligible population screened). There are several challenges contributing to low implementation rates,…
Examining Racial Bias in Predictive Analytic Tools to More Equitably Distribute Care to At-Risk Veterans
Project Description In order to target care resources equitably and efficiently, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has implemented novel predictive analytic tools in clinical care settings, including the Care…
Impact of Insurance Coverage on Clinical Trial Enrollment
Project Description Cancer clinical trials have vital benefits: evaluating the safety of new therapies, establishing new standards of care, and, in some cases, prolonging patients’ lives. However, members 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…
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…
Connected Health Approaches to Improve Serious Illness Communication Among Patients with Incurable Cancer
Project Description Many patients with incurable cancer undergo treatment and acute care utilization that is discordant with their preferences, particularly near the end of life. Early conversations about prognosis…