AVBCC
By Phoebe Starr
In a session during the 13th Annual Summit of the Association for Value-Based Cancer Care, held October 18-20, 2023, in New York City, Linde Wilson, MBA, Managing Partner, HealthQuest Advisors, discussed the ongoing challenges related to the development and implementation of value-based agreements.
Learn MoreFor executives like Andrew Hertler, MD, FACP, CMO, New Century Health, the annual AVBCC Educational Summit & Program is the single best conference for meeting with a large number of peers simultaneously.
Learn MoreJoin Luh, MD, Clinical Radiation Oncologist, Providence St. Joseph Hospital, shares why he thinks AVBCC is great.
Learn MoreThe traditional role of oncology physicians as providers who diagnose disease and provide treatment has evolved as healthcare has shifted from a purely clinical discipline to one where patient-centered care is the focus.
Learn MoreAlthough The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved was published in 1999 and Z-codes were added to the International Classification of Diseases codes in 2015, social determinants of health were barely considered prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn MoreModerator Sybil Green, JD, RPh, MHA, of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, admitted at the start of a panel discussion exploring “Disparities and the Impact on Cancer Care” at the 2022 AVBCC annual conference in New York City that this was not a novel topic.
Learn MoreSharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN, Program Director, Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), would like to see everyone with an interest in patient care come to the next AVBCC Summit and learn from navigators how to sustain navigation programs and to learn more about financial navigation.
Learn MoreEvery patient with cancer should have a navigator, said Sharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN, Program Director, Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), and she would like to see AVBCC take a role in realizing this vision.
Learn MoreSharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN, Program Director, Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), said navigators have "boots on the ground" experiences with patients with cancer, their families, and their caregivers, and oncology navigators are the professionals best suited to deliver these voices to the stakeholders who need to hear them.
Learn MoreOncology navigators should attend because the AVBCC Summit provides an opporutnity to come together as one unified voice and also to hear from others in the field, said Sharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN, Program Director, Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+).
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