American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has announced the appointment of Dr. Debra A. Patt as editor-in-chief of the Society's new publication - JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics (JCO CCI).
Dr. Patt will oversee the development and production of each issue of JCO CCI, the most recent addition to the family of journals published by ASCO, including the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Oncology Practice, and Journal of Global Oncology. Defined by the American Medical Informatics Association, "biomedical informatics (BMI) is the interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues the effective uses of biomedical data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving and decision making, motivated by efforts to improve human health."
JCO CCI will be a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal publishing clinically relevant research covering policy, healthcare services delivery, and clinical insights based on biomedical informatics methods and processes applied to cancer-related data.
Dr. Patt, who specialises in medical oncology and hematology, is Vice President, Texas Oncology and Medical Director of outcomes research and the pathways task force for The US Oncology Network. She was formerly Medical Director of Healthcare Informatics for McKesson Specialty Health. Her primary research interests are in health services research, health economics outcomes research, and health policy.
In addition to original research, JCO CCI will publish reviews, editorials, and commentaries, reporting on biomedical informatics studies relevant to cancer treatment, care delivery, outcomes, and prevention. The publication also seeks papers that advance the development, interpretation, and clinical application of cancer informatics research. The first issue of the journal is scheduled to be published later this year.
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