Plano, TX , June 27, 2023– Health Chain is proud to participate as a founding member of CancerX to help cut the death rate from cancer in the U.S. by at least 50% over the next 25 years and improve the experience of people and their families living with and surviving cancer!

CancerX was announced by U.S. President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden in February 2023 as part of The White House’s reignited national Cancer Moonshot initiative.

A month after launching in February 2023, CancerX announced its co-hosts: Moffitt Cancer Center and the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), alongside the Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). It also announced its inaugural project, “Advancing Digital Innovation to Improve Equity and Reduce Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care and Research,” which has begun work to assess, quantify, and enhance the impact of digital solutions on cancer care cost, access, and outcomes dimensions.

At the ViVe 2023 Conference, Jennifer Goldsach, DiMe CEO, recently highlighted in a Q&A:

“In order to truly care for an individual with cancer, we need to go beyond contemplating just patients’ clinical care. We know that there are stories whereby someone’s child is diagnosed with cancer and they end up selling their house and sleeping in their car outside of the Cancer Center in order to access care. That isn’t contemplated by a CPT code. There are costs that we don’t see.”

We, at Health Chain, believe providing the digital infrastructure to support a consistent, comprehensive longitudinal member record throughout the care journey will be a key component in addressing these issues. A doctor’s ability to prescribe a personalized care plan can be hindered without having access to a comprehensive digital record of each individual patient. However, creating and maintaining that longitudinal health record should not fall on the patients – especially those fighting for their lives.

We strongly believe that in partnership with other founding members of CancerX – we can work with Payers and Providers alike to improve the experience of people and their families living with and surviving cancer.

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Mason Burr
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