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... creation of automated screening tools and processes that would be integrated into provider workflows, directly interfacing with site electronic health records, that would search for trial eligibility in a regional manner. “We’ve laid the foundation for a new way of thinking about ... Referral, and Operations: Findings from a Survey , sought to gain insight into cancer clinical trial enrollment practices through a survey of health care providers such as physicians and nurses. The survey looked at both opening and recruiting for onsite trials and referring to offsite trials. ...

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. 2016 Priorities:  Cancer Screenings Save Lives Don’t all New Yorkers deserve to have access to a screening that could save their lives? ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

... 1.7 million kids from becoming smokers, according to a report released today by nine organizations that focus on early learning and/or public health. In his fiscal year 2014 budget, President Obama proposed expanding federal funding for early education programs, paid for with a 94-cent ... would help ensure a future of smart, healthy kids nationwide and in every state, the report concludes. The report details the educational and health benefits of the President 's proposal nationwide and in each state. ξNationwide, this proposal would: Provide nearly 335,000 additional ... 's leading preventable cause of death.ξ Tobacco use kills more than 400,000 Americans every year and costs the nation $96 billion in health care expenses.ξ Every day, more than 3,500 U.S. youth try their first cigarette. Research has shown that tobacco tax increases are the most ...

... Jerseyans… 11,800 New Jerseyans a year die from tobacco-caused illnesses. 2,500 New Jersey kids become new smokers each year.   The annual health care costs in New Jersey directly caused by smoking are $4.06 billion. The annual Medicaid costs caused by smoking in New Jersey is $1.17 billion. ... the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act: New Jersey’s casinos remain the only places exempted from New Jersey’s Smoke-Free Air Act. This puts the health of the 22,000 employees at New Jersey’s casinos at risk in addition to the casino patrons. By a 2-to-1 margin New Jersey voters support ...