With an increasing number of cancer patients and more specialties involved in their care, the cancer care journey has become more complex. Working together to streamline and connect multidisciplinary workflows and integrate patient data and clinical decision support helps you facilitate a clear journey for each patient.
Every cancer care journey has a defining moment with heartbreaking news that no patient wants to hear. Delays, uncertainties and complex logistics take an additional toll. Today, the cancer care journey often includes specialists across multiple disciplines. Improving the flow of information at every point supports care that is efficient, precise and personalized.
Clinicians want to be able to provide the right care at the right time, with thoughtfulness and compassion. They would like that care to be fast when it can be, and slower and more measured when it has to be. Having consistency, communication and collaboration is crucial to quality cancer care.
How do we ensure that along every step of the way, we’re empowering patients, empowering physicians to do the right things as expediently as possible, to move care along in the best way?”
Dr. David Jackman
Medical Director of Clinical Pathways Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Care teams can have a more complete picture of each cancer patient to guide the journey when workflows integrate relevant patient data, clinical decision support and collaboration in a way that is simplified, standardized and automated.
Take the clinical and operational insights at all stages of the journey and unite them into one consistent path forward. That is key to providing patients and clinicians with greater peace of mind for the best possible care.
We can help guide every part of the cancer care journey
Early detection
Active management for screening and incidental findings programs simplifies and automates workflow to help identify, manage and treat patients as soon as possible.
Diagnosis
A full suite of diagnostic solutions efficiently brings together relevant information from EMR, radiology, pathology, external and internal labs for a complete patient picture.
Treatment selection
Remote collaboration across specialties and evidence-based decision support enable informed choices for optimal treatment decisions and a personalized care journey.
Therapy planning & execution
Seamless integration of all relevant information can shorten time from referral to treatment, accelerating care decisions tailored to individual patients.
Assessment & follow up
Connected solutions for ongoing assessment and personalized follow-up care.
We can help guide every part of the cancer care journey
from detection to treatment initiation1
with digital workflows 2
of aggressive prostate cancer 3
Interested in knowing more about how to gain clarity and efficiency in every moment of cancer care? Our experts are here to guide you.
References
1 How Wellstar built a truly patient-centric early lung cancer detection program. Advisory Board. (2022, July 22). https://www.advisory.com/sponsored/wellstar-patient-centric-early-lung-cancer-detection-program
2 Survey with 52 physicians in Europe, 2018. Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions.
3 Siddiqui MM, Rais-Bahrami S, Turkbey B, et al. Comparison of MR/Ultrasound Fusion–Guided Biopsy With Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer. JAMA. 2015;313(4):390-397.
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