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CHAMPS’ Spoden Weighs in on Changing Role of Cancer Registrars
In CHAMPS Oncology’s recent blog post, “The Changing Role of the Cancer Registrar,” Rhonda Spoden shared her thoughts on the topic. She discussed how last month marked the National Cancer Registrars Association’s 40th Annual Education Conference, held in Nashville. Fitting with the Music City location, the conference theme was “Working in Harmony to Deliver Excellence.”
Those familiar with the role of the cancer registrar and others on the cancer care team know harmony is an appropriate theme, as it addresses the need for a multidisciplinary team approach in the delivery of care to cancer patients, Spoden explained. The difficult task patients face in understanding and navigating the complexities of cancer care—from diagnosis to treatment to (hopefully) remission—can be daunting without involvement from multiple levels.
The cancer registrar’s role often has been focused on providing retrospective information to their cancer program, yet it’s clear by the topics discussed at this year’s conference that this role is changing. With that in mind, CHAMPS Oncology unveiled a short film about the cancer registrar’s role.
Spoden closed her blog post by asking readers to share their thoughts on how they envision the cancer registrar’s role changing in the future as the need for more concurrent information becomes necessary.
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ANI 2014 Promotes Big Themes
By Heather Hogstrom
The Healthcare Financial Management Association’s 2014 National Institute is set to take place from June 22 to 25 in Las Vegas. The conference will promote the following eight themes:
- regulatory impact of reform/rules (featuring “Healthcare Reform: Where Are We Now?”);
- business intelligence and analytics (featuring “Health Services Business Unit: IT Ramifications of the Era of Accountability”);
- clinical integration/culture (featuring “Catalyzing Change: Aligning Nurses and Finance Professionals to Drive Value”);
- organizing for value (featuring “Leveraging the New Business Model to Improve Value”);
- revenue cycle (featuring “Patient Financial Communication in the Revenue Cycle”);
- payment trends (featuring “Emerging Payment Models in Response to Purchaser Needs”);
- finance and operations (featuring “The Capital Markets and the Health System Sector”); and
- cost management/margin transformation (featuring “Engaging Physicians to Deliver High Value Care”).
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Lippincott Advisor Mobile App
A Lippincott Advisor app is available from Wolters Kluwer Health for institutional customers who use Lippincott Advisor, an online clinical decision-support software solutions used at the point-of-care. The mobile app allows health care institutions to give their staff full access to Lippincott Advisor from any mobile device, both online and offline, and includes information on diseases and conditions, signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, hospital-acquired conditions, core measures, care plans, and drug information plus access to all of the customized content developed by users’ own institutions. Learn more »
MH-CURE Smartphone App Camera Module
Mobile Heartbeat has introduced the Mobile Heartbeat CURE (Clinical Urgent REsponse) Camera Module for taking and viewing high-resolution photos via the MH-CURE smartphone application. With the module, care team members can document patient wounds, abuse cases, and patient valuables held in the hospital. The photos immediately are transferred to the secure MH-CURE application server or to the patient’s EMR. Learn more »
Cancer-Specific Mobile App to Promote Physical Activity
Childhood cancer survivors face significant health risks, including early cardiovascular disease. Physical activity may help reduce this risk, but this population is less likely to meet federally established physical activity guidelines. Researchers are developing a cancer-specific mobile app to promote physical activity and fitness for adolescent and young adult survivors. The app will provide information about common side effects of treatments that a patient received and recommend modifications to an individual’s physical activity plan. Participants will use the mobile app to set personal fitness goals that will be monitored in real time, earn achievements for completing their goals, access videos depicting group exercise activity, and send messages to other participants for social support. A weekly group fitness program will complement the technology. Learn more » |
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