WASHINGTON, March 13, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- LUNGevity is proud to announce that the Foundation is
serving on three subcommittees of Sustainable Healthy Communities,
LLC, founded by the National Minority Quality Forum. As one
of two US patient advocacy organizations on the Diverse
Cancer Communities Working Group (CWG), LUNGevity will bring years
of expertise in supporting the lung cancer community to the Cancer
Index Subcommittee, the Community and Patient Engagement
Subcommittee, and the Diversity in Clinical Research Subcommittee.
"We are proud to work with LUNGevity on the Cancer Working Group,
given the importance of always asking for and listening to the
patient point of view," said Jeanne M.
Regnante, Chair of the CWG.
The overarching goal of the Working Group is to 'spotlight
existing inequities in order to identify and deliver solutions to
eliminate barriers to lung cancer screening, referral to
appropriate healthcare providers, access to treatment, care,
support and inclusive cancer research for all.' Members of the SHC
Working Group include national leaders in pharmaceuticals,
government, academia, patient advocacy organizations and life
sciences.
"We're especially honored to be working with SHC and its
partners on eliminating disparities in detection and treatment for
cancer patients," said Andrea
Ferris, CEO of LUNGevity. "To achieve our vision of a world
where no one dies of lung cancer, we continually strive to identify
unreached populations and supply them with information and tools
they need to improve their access to care."
Ms. Ferris will be a speaker at the 2018 NMQF Leadership Summit
on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust in Washington, DC this April. She and
Upal Basu Roy, PhD, MPH, LUNGevity
Director of Translational Research Program/Director of Patient
FoRCe, will represent the Foundation on the three subcommittees and
all future initiatives.
About LUNGevity Foundation
LUNGevity is the nation's leading lung cancer organization
investing in lifesaving, translational research and providing
support services and education for patients and caregivers.
LUNGevity's goals are three-fold: (1) accelerate research to
patients, (2) empower patients to be active participants in their
treatment decisions, and (3) remove barriers that patients face in
accessing the right treatments.
LUNGevity Foundation is firmly committed to making an immediate
impact on increasing quality of life and survivorship of people
with lung cancer by accelerating research into early detection and
more effective treatments, as well as by providing community,
support, and education for all those affected by the disease.
LUNGevity's comprehensive resources include a medically vetted
website, a toll-free HelpLine in partnership with CancerCareĀ®, a
unique Lung Cancer Navigator app, peer-to-peer mentoring for
patients and caregivers (LUNGevity LifeLine), and survivorship
conferences. LUNGevity also helps patients find and navigate
clinical trials through our Clinical Trial Finder tool, a Clinical
Trial Ambassador program, and participation with EmergingMed.
For more information about LUNGevity Foundation, please visit
www.LUNGevity.org.
About Lung Cancer
- 1 in 16 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their
lifetime
- More than 222,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with
lung cancer this year
- About 60%-65% of all new lung cancer diagnoses are among people
who have never smoked or are former smokers
- Lung cancer takes more lives than the next three leading
cancers (colorectal, breast, and prostate) combined
- Only 18% of all people diagnosed with lung cancer will survive
5 years or more, BUT if it's caught before it spreads, the chance
for 5-year survival improves dramatically
About the National Minority Quality Forum and Sustainable
Healthy Communities
NMQF was founded by Gary A.
Puckrein, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1998
to address the critical need for strengthening national and local
efforts to use evidence-based, data-driven initiatives to guide
programs to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature
death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and
other special populations. Sustainable Healthy Communities,
LLC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, is a pioneering health care
improvement information company that continuously measures
population health, providing actionable analysis to clinicians,
health care systems, researchers, corporations, and policy-makers
as well as patients, their care-givers, and community
leaders. Through its exclusive data access, SHC uniquely
promotes cost-effective health outcomes for all through big data
analytics coupled with impactful visualization and education.
The data analytics are reported in multiple formats guiding
innovative efforts to achieve the triple aimābetter health care,
improving the health of the population and communities, and
affordable care. For more information about Sustainable Healthy
Communities, please visit www.shcllc.info
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