Journal Of Oncology Practice Podcast

Dr. Nathan Pennell and author Dr. Thomas W. LeBlanc discuss how open notes have become a routine part of the patient experience, and why physicians might want to elicit and address concerns that arise from notes. Read the related article "Open Oncology Notes: A Qualitative Study of Oncology Patients’ Experiences Reading Their Cancer Care Notes" on JOP Support for JCO Oncology Practice podcasts is provided in part by AstraZeneca, dedicated to advancing options and providing hope for people living with cancer. More information at AstraZeneca-us.com. Hello, and welcome back to the ASCO Journal of Oncology Practice podcast. This is Dr. Nate Pennell, Medical Oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic and consultant editor for the JOP. Now many clinicians have probably noticed over the last few years that both in oncology and in medicine, there is a movement that patients should have better access to their electronic medical records, and that often includes clinicians' notes. This is a concept known as open notes, and in

Dr. Pennell and co-authors Drs. Abel and Frosch discuss their editorial on public expectations in a shifting therapeutic environment. Read the related article. Support for JCO Oncology Practice podcasts is provided in part by AstraZeneca-- dedicated to advancing options and providing hope for people living with cancer. More information at AstraZeneca-us.com. Hello, and welcome back to the ASCO Journal of Oncology Practice podcast. This is Dr. Nate Pennell, medical oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic and consultant editor for the JOP. What do most people think today when they think about a cancer diagnosis, about cancer's prognosis and treatment? Even if they've never had cancer themselves, most people either know someone who has had cancer, or they've been exposed to stories about cancer through the media. How do patient's preconceived notions about cancer impact their understanding of their own cancer diagnosis and their willingness to get treatment? Joining me today to talk about this topic are Doctors Zac

Dr. Pennell and Dr. Neha Vapiwala discuss the role of radiation oncologists be in the future. Related Article: Care Provider or Service Provider: What Should the Role of Radiation Oncologists Be in the Future? Support for JCO Oncology Practice podcast is provided in part by AstraZeneca, dedicated to advancing options and providing hope for people living with cancer. More information at astrazeneca-us.com. Hello, and welcome back to the ASCO Journal of Oncology Practice podcast. This is Dr. Nate Pennell, medical oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic and consulting editor for the JOP. The treatment of patients with cancer is increasingly multidisciplinary, with medical oncologists working very closely with their colleagues in surgery and, of course, radiation oncology, among other disciplines, to deliver the best care possible. However, should all of the members of the multidisciplinary team share equal responsibility for patient care? Or is it OK if some of them operate more as consultants who perform services

Dr. Eduardo Bruera talks with Dr. Pennell about the changes in type and dose of opioid prescriptions among patients referred by oncologists to an outpatient palliative care clinic. Related Article: Opioid Prescription Trends Among Patients With Cancer Referred to Outpatient Palliative Care Over a 6-Year Period Support for JCO Oncology Practice podcasts is provided in part by AstraZeneca, dedicated to advancing options and providing hope for people living with cancer. More information at AstraZeneca-us.com. Hello, and welcome back to the ASCO Journal of Oncology Practice podcast. This is Dr. Nate Pennell, medical oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic and consultant editor for the JOP. Now, overuse and abuse of opioid medications in the United States has become a huge public health problem, and efforts to reduce the misuse of opioid prescriptions by physicians is a major part of efforts to combat the problem. However, as we know in the world of cancer care where we're all practicing, opioid medications represent

Dr. Pennell discusses survival as an important indicator of the quality of cancer care with author Lawrence Shulman. Related Article: Survival As a Quality Metric of Cancer Care: Use of the National Cancer Data Base to Assess Hospital Performance Support for JCO Oncology Practice podcast is provided in part by AstraZeneca, dedicated to advancing options and providing hope for people living with cancer. More information at AstraZeneca-us.com. Hello, and welcome back to the ASCO Journal of Oncology Practice podcast. This is Dr. Nate Pennell, Medical Oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic and Consultant Editor for the journal. Over the last decade, there's been an important movement to try and improve the quality of medical care in the United States. But to do that, of course, we have to have reliable measures of quality. But how do you really do that? Is it enough to measure compliance with guidelines or expert recommendations for high quality care? Ultimately, you might think that high quality care should lead t

Dr. Pennell discusses practical ways toward a culture of kindness, transparency, and responsibility with author Dr. Anthony Back. Related Article: What Enables Oncologists to Discuss Goals of Care With Their Patients? Practical Ways Toward a Culture of Kindness, Transparency, and Responsibility

by Dr. Nathan Pennell and Dr. Michael Neuss Related Article: 2017 ASCO Quality Care Symposium: Nurturing a New and Growing Community of Practitioners

Read the associated article by Kline et al in Journal of Oncology Practice.

Dr. Robin Zon of Michiana Hematology and Oncology discusses the latest State of Cancer Care in America report, and the opportunities and challenges confronting the cancer care community.

Dr. David Jackman of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discusses how after introduction of a clinical pathway in metastatic NSCLC, cost of care decreased significantly with no compromise in survival.

By Dr. Muhammad Beg  Dr. Muhammad Beg discusses the challenges and next steps needed for physical activity monitors to provide relevant information that can change the current state of oncology practice. Related Article: Promise of Wearable Physical Activity Monitors in Oncology Practice

Dr. Ray Osarogiagbon discusses the need for the development of “real” care teams for lung cancer patients, to foster coordination among the multiple specialists and staff engaged in routine care delivery.

Dr. Robert Miller provides an update on CancerLinQ (Cancer Learning Intelligence Network for Quality), ASCO’s big-data, health information technology platform for oncology practices nationwide.

Dr. Pennell talks to co-author Dr. Maria Silveira about why it can be so difficult for oncologists to refuse chemotherapy treatment to patients near death.

This podcast is introducing JOP's new social media editor, Dr. Deanna Attai.

Dr. Horvitz and his co-authors found that signals about patterns of queries in search logs can predict the future appearance of queries that are highly suggestive of a diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Author Marge Good discusses the results from this project which demonstrate that trial-specific acuity measurement is a better measure of workload than simply counting the number of patients. The ASCO Clinical Trial Workload Assessment Tool was shown to be feasible and useable in diverse community-based research settings.

The author discusses survivorship care, one of the most challenging problems oncologists face today and in the near future. The core curriculum and competencies outline in his manuscript are fundamental to the relatively new field of survivorship care, and provide the framework necessary to generate appropriate referrals depending on local practices and expertise

A strong brand gives people confidence as they gain awareness of it and come to understand and experience its benefits. The author talks about his suggestion for three steps toward building a better brand for palliative care.

Journal of Oncology Practice Associate Editor Apar Ganti talks with Consultant Editor Nathan Pennell about what readers can expect to see in the pages of JOP starting in 2016.