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Thoughts on ASCO 2015

Thoughts on ASCO 2015

Had the opportunity to attend ASCO last week with a few goals in mind:

Get updates on current trends in oncology management as oncologists are common clients of pathologists and laboratories.

Spend some time in the exhibit area to see how personalized medicine is being marketed to oncologists.

Assess what is happening in the genomics/proteomics space as it relates to treatment of patients and how…

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Sharing the Care Plan through Interoperability

By Ted Quinn, originally posted on MedCity News

ACT.md, selected for American Society of Clinical Oncology Interoperability Demonstration

Healthcare has seen a number of efforts to realize interoperability for health data. We believe that such a vision is still at least 3-5 years away from meaningful application. However, emerging standards such as FHIR and initiatives such as SMART and the Argonaut Project are very promising in being successful and accelerating the timeline to realize these goals.

In the next three weeks, I’ll be providing some updates specific to ACT.md and our involvement and commitment to these important efforts. ACT.md was built from the ground up for team-based care and while integration isn’t necessary in order to realize value quickly, we were architected from the start to easily work with others. Our service is a platform-independent HTML5 web application built on top of a REST API, allowing us to integrate and partner with other healthcare technologies and organizations to provide healthcare teams, patients, and caregivers what they need to drive the best care possible.

On Monday, June 1st at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Annual Meeting, ACT.md will demonstrate our ability to develop a collaborative and patient-friendly care plan and send it directly into the Epic Electronic Medical Record.

ACT.md was selected to participate in ASCO’s first Interoperability Demonstration because of our unique approach: connecting all members of the care team, facilitating safe and reliable hand-offs, providing a space for collaborative care planning, and involving the patient and their family in a way they’ve never experienced. For the first time, the patient AND their family/caregiver understand who is on their dynamic care team, what everyone’s roles and responsibilities are, and what activities associated with their care plan (medical and non-medical) need to take place and when they should take place. Their goals are reflected, and they have a way to communicate with their care team in a structured, asynchronous fashion.

Our Chief Medical Information Officer, Dr. Narath Carlile, and our Director of Sales and Marketing, Christina Strubbe, will be at the Annual Meeting, "Illumination and Innovation", to drive this demonstration. They will also be available to talk with oncology leaders about how to support team-based care models including the CMS Oncology Care Model (OCM) and Oncology Patient Centered Medical Home (OPCMH). I encourage you to reach out to engage in a discussion about emerging care models and interoperability.

Learn more about other participants in the ASCO Interoperability Demonstration and ACT.md's ability to share the care plan across care settings.