Source: Healthcare Innovation
CancerX, a public-private partnership created to boost innovation in the fight against cancer, recently detailed its stakeholders’ work on a “Data Sprint” project. The goal was to identify and prioritize 15 data elements that will form the foundation of a pilot project that will capture and make available the technologies and best practices necessary to accelerate data-driven innovations in cancer research, care, and policy. CancerX is co-hosted by the Moffitt Cancer Center and Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), alongside the Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). Details about the Data Sprint and next steps were discussed at this week’s ONC Annual Meeting. “By engaging with different stakeholder expertise through diverse collaboratives like CancerX, we’re ensuring our data approach is comprehensive, inclusive, and truly beneficial for cancer patients. It’s about creating a data ecosystem that is as dynamic and multifaceted as the disease we’re fighting against”, said Stephen Konya, senior advisor to the deputy national coordinator, and innovation portfolio lead at ONC, in a statement.