5 changes MD Anderson made to improve the patient and caregiver experience this past year
At MD Anderson, we are committed to exceptional patient care and research each day. That drive to care for patients and their families goes beyond treatments and clinical trials. We want each patient to have the best experience possible, and we made many improvements during this past fiscal year to do just that.
Here are a few of them.
1. Pre-intake navigation helps patients understand their care optionsWhen...
Pivotal moment shapes physician’s patient-centered care
While she was a physician in training in Chicago, Sairah Ahmed, M.D., was struck by the similarities between her and a young leukemia patient...
Resident physician focuses on improving LGBTQ+ cancer care
For Benjamin Schrank, M.D., Ph.D., personalized medicine is about more than tailoring treatment.
Schrank, a resident physician...
How to view your notes and test results in MyChart
Knowledge is power, and now patients across the country are starting to have more timely access to their health information.
U.S. health care providers are making Electronic Health Information (EHI) more accessible to patients. Providers are required to share this data with patients faster to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Policies and Technology for Interoperability...
Young adult cancer patients find help and hope with Adolescent and Young Adult Program
Georgia Wilson, 24, remembers the first time she shared her own cancer experience to help someone else. She was sitting in the lobby of MD...
How volunteers brighten Christmas Day for our hospitalized patients
Fran Epstein arrives before sunrise to organize gifts and review the inpatient hospital floors to visit. Soon after, others join her to prepare...
Employees' own cancer treatment shapes how they give back
You see them walking the skybridge: some people wearing patient identification wristbands, some people wearing employee badges. But there...
Cancer pain management brings patients relief
For 16 years, Rose Trapolino had a hard time walking because of the pain and tingling in her feet.
The breast cancer survivor suffered...
Meet Randal Weber, M.D., our chief patient experience officer
Many of our head and neck cancer patients know Randal Weber, M.D., as their surgeon. But Weber recently took on a new role as MD Anderson’...
The Learning Center: Where cancer patients go for answers
How do I download MD Anderson’s app? Which medical websites can I trust? Where can I find the latest research on my disease?
The information...