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Letter From The Editor (Winter 2023)
Letter From The Editor (Winter 2023) Greetings AVAHO members and supporters, In this edition of the AVAHO newsletter I hope that you notice the dramatic increase in educational offerings that AVAHO is bringing to it’s members! For years we have wanted to move beyond being just a “once a year annual meeting” organization and have…
Read MoreVA Articles of Interest (Winter 2023)
VA Articles of Interest (Winter 2023) Suicide risk following a new cancer diagnosis among Veterans in Veterans Health Administration care Cancer Med. 2023 Feb; 12(3): 3520–3531. Published online 2022 Aug 27. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5146 PMID: 36029038 Kallisse R. Dent, 1 Benjamin R. Szymanski, 1 Michael J. Kelley, 2 , 3 , 4 Ira R. Katz, 5 and John F. McCarthy 1 1 Veterans Affairs (VA) Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center,…
Read MoreAdvocating for AVAHO
Advocating for AVAHO On June 4th, AVAHO leaders and Advocacy Committee held its first Capitol Day in Washington, D.C. Members met with their senators, congressmen, and staff to discuss issues important to AVAHO members and cancer care for veterans including the CAREERS Act, community care considerations, the VA budget crisis, EHR modernization, and drug prices/shortages.…
Read MoreCoordinated Care Tracking System (CCTS)
The Coordinated Care Tracking System (CCTS) is an application designed to ensure timely and appropriate coordination of care through identification, tracking, and navigating Veterans at-risk or affected by cancer throughout the continuum of care from screening to survivorship.
Read MoreThe Expanding Roles of PARP Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer
The Expanding Roles of PARP Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer Nicholas G. Little, PharmD PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident Southern Arizona VA Health Care System Tucson, Arizona Introduction Over the last decade, the role of targeted therapy has played a key role in shaping clinical practice for many different malignancies. Despite being the most common cancer among…
Read MoreMeet Alec Stone, AVAHO’s Advocacy Consultant
Meet Alec Stone, AVAHO’s Advocacy Consultant Alec Stone, Executive Director, National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, has been a leader in national nonprofit management for more than two decades. With an expertise in biomedical research and healthcare advocacy, Mr. Stone has worked with premiere organizations such as the Oncology Nursing Society, American Cancer Society,…
Read MoreAVAHO Advocacy Updates
AVAHO Advocacy Updates Over the last year, AVAHO has firmly established its advocacy efforts, having formed a new advocacy committee, created a legislative action center on our website, and collaborated with several other healthcare organizations to advocate for veteran oncology care, including NOVA (Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs), HOPA (Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association), and ACCC…
Read MoreDeciphering the Alphabet Soup: Updates on EHR Modernization Oncology Workgroups
Deciphering the Alphabet Soup: Updates on EHR Modernization Oncology Workgroups Hope Schenk, Pharm.D., BCOP Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner VA National TeleOncology Hub Jackie Goettl, RN, MSN, OCN Oncology Solution Expert Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office (EHRM-IO) Department of Veterans Affairs In 2018, the VA began the monumental process of implementing a new electronic health record…
Read MoreAssociation of Food Deserts and Food Swamps With Obesity-Related Cancer Mortality in the US
Association of Food Deserts and Food Swamps With Obesity-Related Cancer Mortality in the US Malcolm Seth Bevel, PhD, MSPH, 1 Meng-Han Tsai, PhD, 1 , 2 April Parham, BS, TTS, 1 Sydney Elizabeth Andrzejak, MS, 1 Samantha Jones, PhD, 1 , 2 and Justin Xavier Moore, PhD, MPH JAMA Oncol. 2023 Jul; 9(7): 909–916. Published online 2023 May 4. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.0634 Background Cancer is the second leading…
Read MoreAVAHO Regional Meetings Update
AVAHO Regional Meetings Update In 2023, AVAHO introduced another form of in-person learning: Regional Meetings. Regional meetings were introduced to provide membership with additional opportunities to interact with fellow AVAHO members, while learning about VA oncology from a multidisciplinary perspective. Annual Membership survey results frequently request additional networking time and AVAHO listened to those needs. …
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