Oncology Business Management

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, discusses case ascertainment bias regarding the coronavirus 2019.

Tocilizumab, a treatment used for adverse events related to cancer therapy, among other indications, is being explored in a phase III trial as a treatment for adult patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, according to Genentech (Roche), the manufacturer of the interleukin-6 receptor antagonist.

Like all fellowship directors, Gerald Hsu, MD, PhD, is looking for applicants with intelligence, ambition, and a desire to advance cancer research and clinical care.

Physicians treating patients with cancer may want to consider postponing surgeries or altering therapy plans because of the threat that the coronavirus poses to this population.

Patrick I. Borgen, MD, discusses what is currently known about coronavirus 2019 and unanswered questions that still need to be addressed.

In a time of tremendous technological advancement, how is it that 90% of communications between providers and payers for prior authorizations are still done by phone or fax, and how do we move to more automated processes?1

Jeremy L. Warner, MD, MS, discusses the goals of the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium Registry, what other data need to be extrapolated with COVID-19, and how the virus could impact patients with cancer.

Matthew T. Campbell, MD, MS, shares ways to prevent the spread of coronavirus 2019.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses the potential impact of novel coronavirus on immunocompromised patients.

In January, America’s Health Insurance Plans in collaboration with payers representing 60 million covered individuals launched the Fast Prior Authorization Technology Highway to improve the prior authorization process.

Segments of the population have apparently rejected the well-documented clinical utility of vaccination for protecting individual and public health. An immediate specific concern is the contentious matter of measles vaccination, which has been well-reported in the lay press.

For us, a group of 15 black students at Tulane University School of Medicine (TUSCOM), a visit to the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Louisiana, was a no-brainer. The process of navigating medical school is pure hell at times, and you need inspiration wherever and whenever you can get it.

Patient concern about coronavirus 2019 varies by oncology clinic according to the OncologyLive® advisory board members, who discussed in a recent interview how COVID-19 has guided their patient interactions and what steps they are advising patients to take to protect themselves.