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Send us Fan Mail Who trains surgeons what medications to prescribe? We don't often think about surgeons as being significant prescribers of medications, but they actually prescribe a lot of medications and help patients manage their medications, as they prepare for and recover from a surgical procedure.  And in today's world of team based care, the surgeon is actively engaged in patient...

Send us Fan Mail Impact of Operating Room Shut Downs Due to Staffing Shortages A recent article in the Boston Globe raised a red alert on hospital operating rooms being temporarily closed due to staffing shortages and other pandemic related challenges. In the article, Dr. Eric Dickson, CEO of UMass Memorial Health, reported that, “… closing ORs is a near daily event.” He stated that UMass Memorial...

Send us Fan Mail Advancing Health Equity: Individual Point of Care Solutions Health equity is a complex issue, with a broad range of governmental, social service, and health care stakeholders who are wrestling with these issues. My guests today are The Kinetix Group’s four summer interns. They’ve been researching the  challenges of improving health equity and how each of us can make a positive con...

Send us Fan Mail Advancing Health Equity: How are we doing? Health equity is a complex issue, with a broad range of governmental, social service, and health care stakeholders who are wrestling with these issues. My guests today are The Kinetix Group’s four summer interns. They’ve been researching the  challenges of improving health equity and how each of us can make a positive contribution to achi...

Send us Fan Mail Advancing Health Equity: Using Data and Technology to Improve Outcomes. Health equity is a complex issue, with a broad range of governmental, social service, and health care stakeholders who are wrestling with these issues. My guests today are The Kinetix Group’s four summer interns. They’ve been researching the  challenges of improving health equity and how each of us can make a...

Send us Fan Mail Are Staffing Shortages Increasing Adverse Events? In March, The Advisory Board reported on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2022 according to ECRI, a 60-year-old nonprofit committed to the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. ECRI publishes an annual report on safety concerns and this year, number one on their list is “Staffing Shortages.” ECRI stated that...

Send us Fan Mail The  Unintended Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Drug Prices Recently, we attended the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association’s annual meeting in Boston, where we presented research our team did on the effect of Medicaid Expansion on the price of drugs. We were curious about the impact of Medicaid Expansion on the price of drugs, which is one of the more significant topics of dis...

Send us Fan Mail Hospital Flash Report: January was Devastating for Finances In February, Kaufman Hall published their Hospital Flash report that showed hospital finances in major distress mode, following the end of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or, CARES Act, funding. They reported that in January the median change in operating margin without CARES decreased 71.3 percent;...

Send us Fan Mail Genetic Testing Errors Negatively Impact Therapeutic Decision Making In this episode, we continue our discussion with Meagan Farmer and Danielle Bonadies as we discuss how the Top Errors in Genetic Testing may be negatively affecting therapeutic decision making. We also discuss ways that life science companies may be able to appropriately support the accurate interpretation of gen...

Send us Fan Mail Top Errors in Genetic Testing Negatively Impact Therapeutic Decision Making In today's episode we take a look at some of the significant challenges and errors we are seeing in the use of genetic and genomic testing, as they become mainstreamed into our clinical treatment protocols. Today we highlight the Top Errors in Genetic Testing and how these errors may be impacting ther...

Send us Fan Mail The Battle over Site-of-Care In this episode, my good friend and colleague, Ellen Feinstein, and I continue our debrief of the December Oncology Thought Leader’s panel meeting. Today, we focus on how our panel member’s are handling their battles over Site-of-Care, also some of their thoughts on care redesign, as well as looking at care coordination and patient navigation to help a...

Send us Fan Mail Critical Issues Facing Academic Cancer Centers A few weeks ago, we hosted our December meetings of the Oncology Thought Leaders Network, a part of TKG’s Networks of Excellence, where we discussed many of the critical issues in cancer center administration and care delivery.  In this episode, we debrief our Thought Leader's discussion on the top issues "keeping cancer cen...

Send us Fan Mail Genetic Testing – Leveraging Results to Identify Patients for New Therapies  Today’s guest is Danielle Bonadies, a master’s trained genetic counselor and the Director of Genetics for My Gene Counsel. Danielle co-authored a poster presentation at the annual conference of the National Society of Genetic Counselors in September. The study highlighted the explosive growth of genetic a...

Send us Fan Mail Genetic Testing – Managing Updates to Medical Management and Risk Profiling  Today’s guest is Danielle Bonadies, a master’s trained genetic counselor and the Director of Genetics for My Gene Counsel. Danielle co-authored a poster presentation at the annual conference of the National Society of Genetic Counselors in September. The study highlighted the explosive growth of genetic a...

Send us Fan Mail Melissa Childress, COO, Seidman Cancer Center - People & Process Driven Innovation In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we will be highlighting the findings from our Oncology Thought Leaders  meeting discussion on  People and Process Driven Innovations coming out of the COVID pandemic, and exploring some of these issues in a little more detail.  Melissa Childress is t...

Send us Fan Mail PART 2- Understanding the Complexities U.S. Drug Price Contracting There has been a ton of talk about the need for “transparent pricing,” as well as controlling the cost of drugs in the US. There seems to be a lot of finger pointing going on and it often looks like the providers and the manufacturers are taking a lot of the heat…!? Our special guest today is Antonio Ciaccia, Chief...

Send us Fan Mail PART 1 - Understanding the Complexities of US Drug Price Contracting There has been a ton of talk about the need for “transparent pricing,” as well as controlling the cost of drugs in the US. There seems to be a lot of finger pointing going on and it often looks like the providers and the manufacturers are taking a lot of the heat…!? Our special guest today is Antonio Ciaccia, Chi...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 - Technology Driven Innovations in Cancer Care; Amy Porter-Tacoronte, Duke Health In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we continue our discussion, highlighting the findings from our Oncology Thought Leaders meeting discussion on  Technology Driven Innovations coming out of the COVID pandemic, and exploring some of these issues in a little more detail.  Our special...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 - Technology Driven Innovations in Cancer Care; Amy Porter-Tacoronte, Duke Health In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we highlight the findings from our Oncology Thought Leaders meeting discussion on  Technology Driven Innovations coming out of the COVID pandemic, and exploring some of these issues in a little more detail.  Our special guest is Amy Porter-Tacoront...

Send us Fan Mail Advancing Patient-Centered Care – Part 2  Each summer, The Kinetix Group brings in several student interns, to explore the critical issues in healthcare, and learn alongside the TKG team. In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we will be highlighting the findings from three of our summer intern’s research projects, focused on “Adopting Patient-Center Care.”  The team looked...

Send us Fan Mail Advancing Patient-Centered Care – Part 1 Each summer, The Kinetix Group brings in several student interns, to explore the critical issues in healthcare, and learn alongside the TKG team. In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we will be highlighting the findings from three of our summer intern’s research projects, focused on “Adopting Patient-Center Care.”  The team looked...

Send us Fan Mail Oncology Thought Leaders Meeting Debrief – PART 3 A few weeks ago, we hosted our quarterly meeting of the Oncology Thought Leaders network, a part of TKG’s Networks of Excellence, where we discussed three critical issues in cancer center administration and care delivery. This is part 3 of a 3 Part discussion with our good friend, colleague, and Thought Leaders panel member, Ellen...

Send us Fan Mail Oncology Thought Leaders Meeting Debrief – PART 2 A few weeks ago, we hosted our quarterly meeting of the Oncology Thought Leaders network, a part of TKG’s Networks of Excellence, where we discussed three critical issues in cancer center administration and care delivery. This is part 2 of a 3 Part discussion with our good friend, colleague, and Thought Leaders panel member, Ellen...

Send us Fan Mail Oncology Thought Leaders Meeting Debrief – PART 1 A few weeks ago, we hosted our quarterly meeting of the Oncology Thought Leaders network, a part of TKG’s Networks of Excellence, where we discussed three critical issues in cancer center administration and care delivery. In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we highlight the findings from our meeting and exploring some of...

Send us Fan Mail Supporting Precision Medicine with Genetic Testing  PART 2: Exploring the Gaps in Patient Care  In this episode, our guest, Meagan Farmer, a Master’s Trained Genetic Counselor, discusses several key gaps in patient care, including how well patients understand what they are consenting to when getting a test, the need for long term review of changes in medical knowledge that may imp...