TCH Chemotherapy Regimen for Breast Cancer
Navigating Care has a plethora of informative articles about chemotherapy drugs and regimens, some of the most complete information available online. In an effort to bring attention to these resources, we will be posting summaries to the blog so you can get a quick overview of the information, with links to learn more. TCH Chemotherapy […]
Meaningful Use Incentives for Cancer Clinics
You may have heard about the “meaningful use” regulation that was approved by Congress on July 13th as part of the HITECH act, laying out the specific requirements for hospitals and clinics that implement electronic health records to receive incentivized payments. The federal government is committing payments of up to $27 billion over 10 years […]
Medical History Form benefits cancer patients and clinics
Today we officially released a new feature: a medical history form that enables cancer patients to manage and update their medical history on demand. We soft launched it a couple of weeks ago, invited members to preview it, and received insightful feedback from patients, bloggers and oncology clinic staff that was integrated into the current […]
Cancer survival rate doubles since 70’s
A cancer charity in the UK has released findings from a study of survival trends over the last 40 years showing that people diagnosed with breast, bowel and ovarian cancers, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are twice as likely to survive at least 10 years after diagnosis compared to people diagnosed in the early 70’s. The study […]
The Big C trailer – new TV show about cancer
Showtime is launching a new series on August 16 about a woman who is diagnosed with cancer called “The Big C“. Starring Laura Linney and Oliver Platt, it’s billed as a comedy where the main character learns to live life to the fullest after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Hopefully the producers will work in […]
Navigating Care CEO Gena Cook interview
Our fearless leader, Gena Cook, was recently interviewed by the Healthcare Blog, an independent resource covering news and information in the health care field. It was also posted at their sister publication, Health 2.0, a blog focused on technology innovations within the health care industry. It’s a short discussion that provides an overview of Navigating […]
Cell phone radiation law passes in San Francisco
In previous blog posts we linked to a report that studies were inconclusive regarding cell phone radiation causing brain tumors, and a National Cancer Institute (NCI) report last month about the need for more research into environmental risk factors that could cause cancer. Well, leave it to San Francisco to blaze their own trail as […]
NCI report says cancer from environmental causes is underestimated
A report from the National Cancer Institute’s presidential cancer advisers states environmentally induced cancer has been “grossly underestimated”, and more studies need to be done to determine risk factors. It is the first time the panel has taken such a sharp turn into what had long been disputed territory — whether pollution, cell phones and […]
Health insurer pays for more nurses to save money long term
Geisinger Health System operates a number of clinics and hospitals in Pennsylvania, and also acts as an insurer for 250,000 people. They have been experimenting with innovative approaches to delivering high quality health care at reduced costs. One such experiment is to hire extra nursing staff to provide more help to primary care doctors to […]
Study shows cancer patient advocacy leads to better quality of life
A new study released by Kidney Cancer Canada found that kidney cancer patients who were more engaged in their care and treatment had a better quality of life. In the study, stress, fatigue, the lack of access to sequential treatment, and the fear of their cancer getting worse, are indentified most often as the biggest […]