Becker's Healthcare February 3, 2023
The Biden administration unveiled 13 new initiatives to help cancer care and prevention, two of which include a standardized cancer health record and a public-private partnership aimed to boost cancer innovation.
The National Cancer Institute is launching a partnership to provide patient navigation support to families facing childhood cancer. The program, dubbed Childhood Cancer – Data Integration for Research, Education, Care, and Clinical Trials, will give families access to portable, shareable and standardized cancer health records, according to a Jan. 2 White House press release.
The second initiative is a new national innovation accelerator called CancerX.
CancerX, which will be led by the ONC and Office...