Remote Home Monitoring of Patients With Cancer During the COVID Pandemic: A Pilot Study

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The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred cancer teams to find new ways to care safely for patients with cancer, in particular outpatients who have tested positive for COVID-19 but do not require hospitalization. Inova Schar Cancer Institute’s physicians and advanced practice providers utilized a program called remote patient monitoring (RPM) to observe COVID-positive outpatients. To study…

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Preparing for a Shortage of Cancer Doctors

John Deeken, MD, is president of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute. He is board-certified in medical oncology and specializes in head and neck cancers. Earlier this month, a study in the medical journal The Lancet Oncology predicted that cancer cases will rise worldwide in the next 2 decades. Meanwhile, we’ll face a shortage of cancer…

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Children’s National and Inova Collaborate in Pediatric Specialty Care

Fairfax, Va (September 30, 2013) — Pediatric Specialists of Virginia begins operations today as a collaboration between Children’s National and Inova. Designed to make pediatric specialty care more accessible to families in Virginia, the specialty practice offers pediatric services in:  Oncology and Hematology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Nephrology, and Orthopaedics. Additional services will be added in the…

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Inova Comprehensive Cancer and Research Institute Announced

Center will be the Metropolitan D.C. Area’s Largest Cancer Research and Development Destination FALLS CHURCH, VA – (November 15, 2012) – The Inova Governance Board has approved the establishment of the Inova Comprehensive Cancer and Research Institute (“ICCRI”).  The ICCRI will coordinate current cancer services provided across all five Inova hospitals and will present a…

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