National Cancer Institute news from FierceEMR
NewsEMRs an 'IT backbone' for improved cancer screening
Both doctors and officials with the National Cancer Institute are hoping that electronic medical records can play a vital part in improving cancer screening around the nation. Earlier this week, NCI Read more...
PHR data exchange must become 'seamless and invisible'
While vendor after vendor and publicist after publicist keep contacting a certain FierceEMR editor about how their personal health records are going to revolutionize healthcare by empowering Read more...
NCI developing 'ultra-light record' for cancer care, data exchange
It won't qualify you for Medicare and Medicaid EMR incentive payments, but a an "ultra-light record" based on standards of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) Read more...
| Press ReleasesThe UNC Health Care System Receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM AccreditationCARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The UNC Health Care System is leading by example when it comes to promoting workplace wellness and encouraging healthier behavior. The CEO Roundtable on Cancer recently Read more >> Mayo Clinic Studies Identify Risk Factors in Rising Trend of Liver CancerROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Doctors have known for years that the incidence of deadly liver cancer is on the rise, but what is causing that trend has remained a mystery. Two recent Mayo Read more >> Mayo Clinic Surgeons Advance Esophagectomy TreatmentSCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Arizona have perfected a new procedure that offers a less invasive option in the treatment of one of the most severe cancers. A Read more >> Obesity Linked to Higher Five-Year Death Rate After Esophageal Cancer SurgeryROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Obesity doubles the risk of cancer recurrence and cancer-related death in patients with esophageal cancer who have been treated with surgery, researchers at Mayo Read more >> Scientists Develop Vaccine That Successfully Attacks Breast Cancer in MiceVaccine may have implications for treating ovarian, colorectal and pancreatic cancer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the University of Georgia (UGA) Read more >> |
