Stephen Speicher, Will Shapiro, Taylor Dias-Foundas
{"title":"Shifting the Paradigm: The Impact of AI at the Point of Care in Cancer Treatment","authors":"Stephen Speicher, Will Shapiro, Taylor Dias-Foundas","doi":"10.25270/jcp.2024.05.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jcp.2024.05.03","url":null,"abstract":"This report explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, emphasizing its potential paradigm shift and current deployment in oncology.","PeriodicalId":507805,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Pathways","volume":"60 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141277093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew L Pecora, Lili Brillstein, M. Albitar, Nasim Asfar, Joel Brill, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Andrew von Eschenbach, Deborah Goss, Andre Goy, Max Holfert, Andrew Ip, Allen Karp, Mark Lutes, Steven Madreperla, Patrick A. Roth, Miruna Sasu, Robert Shelley, Robin L. Smith, Nina Tandon, Dan Varga, Richard Winters
{"title":"Bringing Value to Health Care","authors":"Andrew L Pecora, Lili Brillstein, M. Albitar, Nasim Asfar, Joel Brill, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Andrew von Eschenbach, Deborah Goss, Andre Goy, Max Holfert, Andrew Ip, Allen Karp, Mark Lutes, Steven Madreperla, Patrick A. Roth, Miruna Sasu, Robert Shelley, Robin L. Smith, Nina Tandon, Dan Varga, Richard Winters","doi":"10.25270/jcp.2024.05.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jcp.2024.05.02","url":null,"abstract":"Health care in the US remains challenged by affordability, availability, and wasteful spending. To address these challenges, the various constituents in health care payment and delivery all seek to reduce total cost of care while maintaining or improving the relevant clinical outcome expected (value-based care). It is generally acknowledged that health care is not one system but is, in fact, fragmented in control and delivery between local and national commercial payers, government payers, employers, private and public providers, and drug and device manufacturers, all of whom are overseen by state and federal regulations. To help guide further discussion on current and evolving value-based care strategies, this paper provides insights and perspective from each constituent involved in shaping health care payment and delivery throughout the US.","PeriodicalId":507805,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Pathways","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141280010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Previs, Maureen E. Cooper, Kyle C. Strickland, Heidi Ko, Michelle F. Green, F. Koohestani, S. Hastings, Zachary D. Wallen, S. Pabla, Jeffrey M. Conroy, M. Nesline, Shengle Zhang, Durga Prasad Dash, Brian J. Caveney, Marcia Eisenberg, Eric A Severson, Shakti H. Ramkissoon
{"title":"Comprehensive Genomic Testing: Tissue Stewardship and Best Practices","authors":"R. Previs, Maureen E. Cooper, Kyle C. Strickland, Heidi Ko, Michelle F. Green, F. Koohestani, S. Hastings, Zachary D. Wallen, S. Pabla, Jeffrey M. Conroy, M. Nesline, Shengle Zhang, Durga Prasad Dash, Brian J. Caveney, Marcia Eisenberg, Eric A Severson, Shakti H. Ramkissoon","doi":"10.25270/jcp.2024.03.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jcp.2024.03.01","url":null,"abstract":"Biomarker-driven targeted therapies have shaped the oncology treatment landscape for patients with advanced solid tumors over the past decade. Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) has played a key role in precision medicine as it enables simultaneous identification of multiple biomarkers to guide cancer diagnosis, therapy selection, and prognostication. As a result, tissue stewardship for successful CGP testing is paramount. In addition, widespread adoption of less invasive sampling techniques leaves less diagnostic tissue for additional or future testing as smaller biopsies are acquired. To help oncology care practitioners overcome these challenges, this paper provides an overview of current genomic testing methodologies and offers guidelines on best practices for tissue stewardship and preanalytic practices for successful CGP testing and efficient turnaround times for laboratory tests.","PeriodicalId":507805,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Pathways","volume":"3 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140354115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Key Factors Driving Low Participation in the Enhancing Oncology Model","authors":"Theresa Dreyer","doi":"10.25270/jcp.2024.01.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jcp.2024.01.01","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the challenges leading to a substantial decline in participation among academic oncology practices within the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), introduced as a successor to the Oncology Care Model (OCM) by the CMS Innovation Center. Analyzing the withdrawal of 14 practices from the EOM, previously part of the OCM Collaborative, three primary factors are identified: immediate downside risk in a context of narrow provider margins, inadequate risk adjustment failing to appropriately account for drug costs, and onerous reporting burdens for extensive clinical data. Under the EOM, immediate downside risk for seven specified cancers diverged significantly from the OCM’s upside-only risk structure, posing financial challenges for practices. Inadequate risk adjustment, particularly the omission of crucial clinical data, raised concerns about the model’s focus on drug costs without considering essential patient-specific variables. The study also highlights the burden of reporting requirements, exacerbated by reduced enhanced services payments, impacting practices financially. To address these challenges and encourage EOM participation, policy options are proposed. These include reconsidering financial risk levels, refining target price methodology to incorporate clinical data, and reducing reporting burdens by aligning data requirements with EOM financial and quality methodologies. These adjustments aim to strengthen the EOM, fostering more accurate performance measurement and incentivizing high-quality patient care delivery in oncology practices.","PeriodicalId":507805,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Pathways","volume":"3 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139966393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Poka Cui, Peter Blanshard, María Teresa Campos-Partera, A. Moucquot, S. H. R. Naqvi, D. Dellamonica, Heather Moses
{"title":"Enhancing Multidisciplinary Team Processes in Lung Cancer Care: A Self-Assessment Toolkit and Best Practices","authors":"Poka Cui, Peter Blanshard, María Teresa Campos-Partera, A. Moucquot, S. H. R. Naqvi, D. Dellamonica, Heather Moses","doi":"10.25270/jcp.2024.01.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jcp.2024.01.02","url":null,"abstract":"Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) play a pivotal role in the comprehensive management of cancer. MDT meetings (MDTMs) bring together specialized experts across the entire patient care spectrum, convening regularly to discuss patient cases, select optimal diagnostic strategies, and determine the most appropriate treatment modalities. By fostering cross-disciplinary interaction, MDTs aim to enhance patient outcomes and elevate the collective proficiency within a health care institution, promoting knowledge dissemination and ensuring health care practitioners remain abreast of the latest clinical insights. This study’s methods comprised an extensive review of existing literature coupled with interviews involving lung cancer MDTs from 24 medical centers across Europe and Canada. The research focused on elucidating dynamics and variations observed among lung cancer MDTs, outlining an optimal MDT process, identifying variances in the study sample, and introducing a comprehensive self-assessment toolkit for continuous evaluation and improvement. The report discusses how these results should be used to self-optimize hospital MDTs, promote standardization, and encourage increased cross-hospital best practices sharing. With this, MDTs will be better positioned to deliver on the key goal of improved patient outcomes while promoting equality of access to health care.","PeriodicalId":507805,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Pathways","volume":"73 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139966600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Freedland, Imtiaz Samjoo, Emily Rosta, A. Lansing, Alexandra Hall, Manvir Rai, A. Niyazov, J. Nazari, B. Arondekar
{"title":"The Impact of Social Determinants of Health Beyond Race on Survival in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review","authors":"S. Freedland, Imtiaz Samjoo, Emily Rosta, A. Lansing, Alexandra Hall, Manvir Rai, A. Niyazov, J. Nazari, B. Arondekar","doi":"10.25270/jcp.2023.11.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jcp.2023.11.01","url":null,"abstract":"A systematic literature review by Stephen J. Freedland, MD, and colleagues summarizes the current evidence relating to social determinants of health beyond race and survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.","PeriodicalId":507805,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Pathways","volume":"85 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139192415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Davies, Kathleen Lyons, Kausik Mukherjee, Ramakrishna Kishore, Khurram Hashmi, Maria Dyban, Anna Kuczynska
{"title":"Clinical and Economic Impact of Implementing HealthPathways at a Musculoskeletal Radiology Department","authors":"Simon Davies, Kathleen Lyons, Kausik Mukherjee, Ramakrishna Kishore, Khurram Hashmi, Maria Dyban, Anna Kuczynska","doi":"10.25270/jcp.2023.11.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jcp.2023.11.02","url":null,"abstract":"Simon R. Davies, MBBCh, and colleagues investigate the impact of HealthPathways on management and primary care clinicians in a musculoskeletal radiology department.","PeriodicalId":507805,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Pathways","volume":"9 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139196426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}