The health services research poster session held in the afternoon on the penultimate day of the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) presented different perspectives ...

Caroline Block, MD: With regard to the development of clinical pathways, we started doing them at Dana-Farber [Cancer Institute] 4 years ago. We have used them in each disease center to make sure ...

"What has been missing is the patient's perspective," says one industry consultant. The future of clinical pathways is patient-centric: an approach that balances the long-standing focus on ...

Linda Bosserman, M.D., joined City of Hope in Los Angeles nine years ago as a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer and value-based care. During her 26 years in private practice, prior to ...

The complexity of cancer care and unwarranted variation in treatment can serve as a barrier to improving care quality. As a result, health systems are increasingly turning to clinical pathways as a ...

A critical or clinical pathway defines the optimal care process, sequencing and timing of interventions by doctors, nurses and other health care professionals for a particular diagnosis or procedure.