Caroline Block, MD: With regard to the development of clinical pathways, we started doing them at Dana-Farber [Cancer Institute] 4 years ago. We have used them in each disease center to make sure ...

When hospitals and health systems can reduce variation in care, it can save lives and reduce costs. The concept is getting a lot of attention from larger health systems today because unnecessary ...

The authors illustrate a methodology for delineating variations in medical costs for patients with similar clinical conditions and needs using electronic health record data. Objectives: This study ...

"What has been missing is the patient's perspective," says one industry consultant. The future of clinical pathways is patient-centric: an approach that balances the long-standing focus on ...

Cancer Treatment Centers of America is implementing a custom technical solution that enables eviti, a NantHealth clinical decision support system, access to clinical workflows in the Allscripts ...

Linda Bosserman, M.D., joined City of Hope in Los Angeles nine years ago as a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer and value-based care. During her 26 years in private practice, prior to ...

Molecular Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer: Guideline Summary From the American Society for Clinical Pathology, College of American Pathologists, Association for Molecular Pathology, ...

The unprecedented increase in US health care costs is generating concern among payers, providers, patients, manufacturers, and the government, all of which are affected to various degrees. Adding to ...

Independent analysis examines Fridays' published TRT program structure, delivery format options, and what clinical research indicates for men evaluating prescription testosterone pathways heading into ...

Pre-2000, the clinical management of keratoconus centred on rigid contact lens fitting when spectacle corrected acuity was no longer adequate, and transplantation where contact lens wear failed. Over ...