TY - JOUR
T1 - Mending disconnects in cancer care
T2 - Setting an agenda for research, practice, and policy
AU - Alfano, Catherine M.
AU - Mayer, Deborah K.
AU - Beckjord, Ellen
AU - Ahern, David K.
AU - Galioto, Michele
AU - Sheldon, Lisa K.
AU - Klesges, Lisa M.
AU - Aronoff-Spencer, Eliah
AU - Hesse, Bradford W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by American Society of Clinical Oncology
PY - 2020/6/16
Y1 - 2020/6/16
N2 - Cancer in the United States accounts for $600 billion in health care costs, lost work time and productivity, reduced quality of life, and premature mortality. The future of oncology delivery must mend disconnects to equitably improve patient outcomes while constraining costs and burden on patients, caregivers, and care teams. Embedding learning health systems into oncology can connect care, engaging patients and providers in fully interoperable data systems that remotely monitor patients; generate predictive and prescriptive analytics to facilitate appropriate, timely referrals; and extend the reach of clinicians beyond clinic walls. Incorporating functional learning systems into the future of oncology and follow-up care requires coordinated national attention to 4 synergistic strategies: (1) galvanize and shape public discourse to develop and adopt these systems, (2) demonstrate their value, (3) test and evaluate their use, and (4) reform policy to incentivize and regulate their use.
AB - Cancer in the United States accounts for $600 billion in health care costs, lost work time and productivity, reduced quality of life, and premature mortality. The future of oncology delivery must mend disconnects to equitably improve patient outcomes while constraining costs and burden on patients, caregivers, and care teams. Embedding learning health systems into oncology can connect care, engaging patients and providers in fully interoperable data systems that remotely monitor patients; generate predictive and prescriptive analytics to facilitate appropriate, timely referrals; and extend the reach of clinicians beyond clinic walls. Incorporating functional learning systems into the future of oncology and follow-up care requires coordinated national attention to 4 synergistic strategies: (1) galvanize and shape public discourse to develop and adopt these systems, (2) demonstrate their value, (3) test and evaluate their use, and (4) reform policy to incentivize and regulate their use.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086624666&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1200/CCI.20.00046
DO - 10.1200/CCI.20.00046
M3 - Article
C2 - 32543897
AN - SCOPUS:85086624666
SN - 2473-4276
SP - 539
EP - 546
JO - JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
JF - JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
IS - 4
ER -