Issue 3 – Key updates from the world of Geriatric oncology
April 2019 Below are key updates in Geriatric oncology from the last 5 weeks, curated by Dr. Lorenzo Dottorini. 1. Using Implementation Science to Promote the Use of the G8 Screening Tool in Geriatric Oncology Pauline Gulasingam MBBS et al Journal of American...
March issue – Key updates from the world of Geriatric oncology
By Dr. Lorenzo Dottorini 1. Predicting chemotherapy toxicity in older adults: Comparing the predictive value of the CARG Toxicity Score with oncologists' estimates of toxicity based on clinical judgement Erin B. Moth et al. Journal of Geriatric Oncology...
Updates in Geriatric oncology
March 2019 Below are key updates in Geriatric oncology from the last 5 weeks, curated by Dr. Lorenzo Dottorini. 1.Patient- and tumor-related predictors of chemotherapy intolerance in older patients with cancer: A systematic review. van Abbema DL, van den Akker M,...
ONCOassist now delivered to 20,000 oncology nurses throughout Europe
Killarney, February 7th 2017: Irish Medical Device Company, Portable Medical Technology, has finalized a partnership with the European Oncology Nursing Society to make it’s flagship product, ONCOassist available to over 20,000 oncology nurses throughout Europe....
Mobilising Hospital Guidelines and Protocols – Every CMO’s Dream
Hospitals and staff operate in a controlled environment where guidelines and protocols are in place. These guidelines and protocols are essential to every hospital as they provide frameworks for working with multi-discipline teams and allow NHS staff to put a...
Integrate or die! The future of mhealth.
Healthcare IT has long been dominated by large institutional players; these larger vendors had the capacity to withstand the long sales cycles and large up front development costs. However, they have not had the same incentives to integrate and partner as smaller...
ONCOassist deployed in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as Enterprise system
Portable Medical Technology and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust have today announced an enterprise agreement which will see ONCOassist, Portable Medical Technology’s revolutionary CE approved software system being deployed as the main oncology decision support system used within Clatterbridge.