34 hours ago · The April 2022 webinar, in partnership with the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, explored Revisiting the IOM Report "Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs." The intended audience was NCI investigators, researchers, advocates, policy makers, and those working in public health who focus on psychosocial care and survivorship. >> Go To The Portal
Psychosocial care in oncology received increased attention after the publication in 2008 of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report entitled, “Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs.” 5 This report reflects the work of a multidisciplinary panel that sought to evaluate how best to translate research findings about psychosocial care into practical applications for the purpose of improving the quality of cancer care.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a number of reports over the past several years that address various aspects of comprehensive and integrated cancer care, including From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition 1 in 2005; the 2008 report, Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs,2 and the most recent report, Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis 3 in 2013.
Despite important recent progress toward a system in which the needs of the whole person are identified and met, we still have a great deal of work to do to meet that goal.
We are making progress toward a medical model of patient-centered care, but much work remains. This is a not a “check the box” exercise, but the emergence of a new paradigm that can help achieve 2 ultimate goals in health care: improve quality and decrease cost.