Author: Board on Health Care Services

Recent health care payment reforms aim to improve the alignment of Medicare payment strategies with goals to improve the quality of care provided, ...

In recent years, the field of oncology has witnessed a number of technological advances, including more precise radiation therapy and minimally inv...

Immunotherapy is a form of cancer therapy that harnesses the body's immune system to destroy cancer cells. In recent years, immunotherapies have be...

The public health burden from lung cancer is substantial: it is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related d...

Though cancer was once considered to be a problem primarily in wealthy nations, low- and middle-income countries now bear a majority share of the g...

As information technology becomes an integral part of health care, it is important to collect and analyze data in a way that makes the information ...

Opioid prescriptions for acute and chronic pain increased dramatically from the late 1990s into the current decade in both the civilian and the Dep...

Pediatric subspecialists are critical to ensuring quality care and pursuing research to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for children. ...

A long-held goal in oncology has been to develop therapies that target the specific abnormalities in each patient's cancer rather than simply treat...

Today in the United States, the professional health workforce is not consistently prepared to provide high quality health care and assure patient s...

Breast cancer remains the most common invasive cancer among women. The primary patients of breast cancer are adult women who are approaching or hav...

Recent health care payment reforms aim to improve the alignment of Medicare payment strategies with goals to improve the quality of care provided, ...

Advances in genetics and genomics are transforming medical practice, resulting in a dramatic growth of genetic testing in the health care system. T...

Advances in cancer research have led to an improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the development of cancer and how the im...

Transplantation of a solid organ, such as a kidney, heart, or liver, is a lifesaving procedure and is sometimes the only viable treatment for patie...

High-quality primary care is the foundation of the health care system. It provides continuous, person-centered, relationship-based care that consid...

Graduate medical education (GME) is critical to the career development of individual physicians, to the functioning of many teaching institutions, ...

Every year, significant amounts of expensive drugs are discarded. This is due in part to the growing number of prescription drugs that are administ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic adjustments in cancer care delivery and cancer research. To examine these changes, the National Cancer Po...

New technologies and improved understanding of the genesis and progression of various cancers have added to the enthusiasm for potential new strate...