Practice and Patient Care

To Blog or Not to Blog...

Finding myself with an extra day prior to the start of ASCO GU, (no offense meant to SUO and ASTRO - just what I have been calling the meeting for many...

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I just got out of yet another talk on health reform. There is no question that the current rate of health care spending is unsustainable, and something has to be done...We talk a lot about patient safety and...

Ethics and Oncology

I learn so much about my profession by listening to my colleagues speak, and attending ASCO's many committees has accelerated my education. Today I sat in on the

Reflections on the Meaning of Value in Health Care

A recent copy of The New England Journal of Medicine leads with an editorial from Michael E.

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Ecologic Fallacy and Cancer in Africa

This is not about global warming—- ;-) ! But how many times have you thought about ecologic fallacy? Not many of us think about it and would wonder what it has to do with cancer care. This problem has been on...

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Health IT Roundup 12/10/10

While everyone else is learning about breast cancer in San Antonio this week, for those of us left behind in the freezing Mid-Atlantic, here are a few articles and links about health IT that I found...

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Physician-PA Practice Models

Yes, the title of this blog is a bit dry but the subject matter itself—a most interesting area to explore!

I’ll start by saying that medical professionals in general tend to think about the near and...

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Recent trends: How hospitals and physicians are using social media for mainstream communication

In recent weeks, I have seen quite a number of blog posts, articles, and Tweets about social media and the medical profession that continue to illustrate how mainstream these Web 2.0 technologies and...

Let's Talk about Talking about Cancer

In this post, I would like to share the misunderstandings and anxieties that result when critical information is withheld from patients with cancer and from their family members.

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Overcoming Barriers to Early Palliative Care

By Jamie Von Roenn, MD. I have been reflecting on language. Both ASCO and the World Health Organization say palliative care is applicable early in the course of disease in combination with life-prolonging...

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ASCO Connection