by wagdesign | Nov 8, 2024
The Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium, Patient Advocate Foundation’s (PAF) Patient Insight Institute (PII), and Gilead Sciences, Inc. are partnering to develop a new screening protocol for social determinants/drivers of health (SDOH) within oncology practices...
by wagdesign | Nov 8, 2024
Angela Green, BS, ODS-Certified Angie Green has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Saginaw Valley State University and became a certified Oncology Data Specialist (ODS-C) in 2012. She has worked in oncology for over 20 years and has experience working in a...
by wagdesign | Nov 8, 2024
By Steve C I was the last person to be with my mom before she passed. Two days before, we got “the talk” — the one where doctors say it’s time to prepare. Family and friends dropped everything, came from all over, and gathered in her hospice room. Work was canceled,...
by wagdesign | Nov 8, 2024
Each one of us was drawn to the field of medicine for our own reason. Remembering why we do the work we do can help us focus on what is meaningful. It can help us recenter our efforts toward what recharges us. Jennifer Griggs: Caring for people with cancer has allowed...
by wagdesign | Nov 8, 2024
Hello everyone! At this fall’s regional meetings, we’ve been talking about the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) approach to quality improvement in oncology. This approach is one that most of you have used—even if you haven’t called it that—in your practices to bring to life...