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It has been nearly five years since the 21st Century Cures Act got a final rule mandating that patients have immediate access to all information in their electronic health record. Yet, there has been limited research into how the law has affected the cancer care experience for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer, their caregivers, and clinicians. Interviews with patients, caregivers, and oncological care teams find that immediate access is a "double-edge sword."
- May 01, 2025
This year’s list of "Top Doctors" in Connecticut Magazine's May issue includes 129 Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Smilow Cancer Hospital (SCH) physicians, a 17 percent increase since last year.
- March 24, 2025
Prasanna Ananth, MD, MPH discussed pediatric oncology and how
- January 27, 2025
On Sunday, January 26, 2025, Dr. Eric Winer interviewed Dr. Prasanna Ananth.
- May 06, 2024
Prasanna Ananth, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine, was named an Emerging Leaders in Hospice and Palliative Care by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).
- May 02, 2024
More than 300 Yale Medicine physicians have earned a spot on the 2024 Connecticut Magazine “Top Doctors” list.
- May 15, 2023
For families facing the end-of-life of a loved one with pediatric cancer, robust quality measures to benchmark what parents value most in their child’s medical care do not currently exist. A new study from Yale Cancer Center helps identify what parents prioritize for their children with advanced cancer, including alleviating the child’s symptoms and honoring the family’s goals and wishes. Researchers say the findings may help establish a patient-centered agenda for quality measurement and improvement in children with advanced, incurable cancer. The study titled, "Parent Priorities in End-of-Life Care for Children with Cancer,” was published in JAMA Network Open on May 15.
- May 04, 2023
Connecticut Magazine’s 2023 'Top Doctors' list includes more than 250 Yale Medicine physicians who were selected by their peers as the best in their fields. Forty-two of them are from Yale Pediatrics!