Sherry Soeder gives insight on how IT can help with survivorship care.
Sherry Soeder, CNP, of Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, discusses the importance of information technology (IT) in survivorship care.
Electronic medical records (EMR) can help in organizing the varied information that must be kept track of for patients in survivorship care. The information that is accumulated from various tests and care plans can be auto-populated into the EMR. The care plan can also create automatic reminders to patients so their appointments stay on schedule, and to nurses so they can expedite results.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
March 23rd 2016Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
Kimberly J. Van Zee on Nomograms Helping in DCIS Treatment Decision-Making
March 18th 2016Kimberly J. Van Zee, MS, MD, FACS, attending surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the institution's newly-developed nomogram that can help women make treatment decisions about ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).