Practice Management News

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of five stories from ASCO Voices, a session during the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting focused on the human side of oncology.

CHICAGO — In partnership with COSMO, Healio awarded the Social Media Influencer award for 2024 to the Oncology Brothers.

During her presentation as part of an ASCO education session on advocacy, Jasmine Kamboj, MD, MBBS, described the “exhilarating” feeling she had when she first spoke at an advocacy summit meeting.

CHICAGO — Healio once again welcomed the excitement of the Disruptive Innovator Awards, working with new partners and celebrating nine distinct areas of progress in oncology and hematology.

CHICAGO — More individuals with advanced cancers in the U.S. live within 30 miles of a clinical trial site than a decade ago, but those in rural areas, those with pancreatic disease and American Indians/Alaskan Natives still have access issues.

Female immigrant and Puerto Rican minority medical graduates experienced racial/ethnic and gender discrimination in the U.S. at higher rates than their male counterparts, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

According to Ashley L. Sumrall, MD, there’s not a great deal of difference between a practicing oncologist and a physician advocate.

One of the most important questions physicians will need to answer is whether they will hire a financial advisor to help them manage their wealth or do it themselves.

CHICAGO — ASCO and American Cancer Society will collaborate to make it easier for patients and their caregivers to find credible cancer information online.

CHICAGO — Comprehensive prescription drug monitoring program mandates appeared associated with a moderate reduction in the number of opioid analgesics dispensed to people dying of cancer, according to study results.