TY - JOUR
T1 - Building a rapid learning health care system for oncology
T2 - Why cancerlinq collects identifiable health information to achieve its vision
AU - Shah, Alaap
AU - Stewart, Andrew K.
AU - Kolacevski, Andrej
AU - Michels, Dina
AU - Miller, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - The ever-increasing volume of scientific discoveries, clinical knowledge, novel diagnostic tools, and treatment options juxtaposed with rising costs in health care challenge physicians to identify, prioritize, and use new information rapidly to deliver efficient and high-quality care to a growing and aging patient population. CancerLinQ, a rapid learning health care system in oncology, is an initiative of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and its Institute for Quality that addresses these challenges by collecting information from the electronic health records of large numbers of patients with cancer. CancerLinQ is first and foremost a quality measurement and reporting system through which oncologists can harness the depth and power of their patients' clinical records and other data to assess, monitor, and improve the care they deliver. However, in light of privacy and security concerns with regard to collection, use, and disclosure of patient information, this article addresses the need to collect protected health information as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to drive rapid learning through CancerLinQ.
AB - The ever-increasing volume of scientific discoveries, clinical knowledge, novel diagnostic tools, and treatment options juxtaposed with rising costs in health care challenge physicians to identify, prioritize, and use new information rapidly to deliver efficient and high-quality care to a growing and aging patient population. CancerLinQ, a rapid learning health care system in oncology, is an initiative of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and its Institute for Quality that addresses these challenges by collecting information from the electronic health records of large numbers of patients with cancer. CancerLinQ is first and foremost a quality measurement and reporting system through which oncologists can harness the depth and power of their patients' clinical records and other data to assess, monitor, and improve the care they deliver. However, in light of privacy and security concerns with regard to collection, use, and disclosure of patient information, this article addresses the need to collect protected health information as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to drive rapid learning through CancerLinQ.
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U2 - 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.0598
DO - 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.0598
M3 - Article
C2 - 26755519
AN - SCOPUS:84964308573
SN - 0732-183X
VL - 34
SP - 756
EP - 763
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 7
ER -