DALLAS-FORT WORTH, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncology Metrics, a service and data for the oncology community that develops products and services to help accelerate advancements in the treatment of cancer, today announced that Lavi Malhotra has joined the Company as Director of Informatics.
“Our strategy is to build a team of professionals who are passionate about working together with oncologists and industry to improve cancer outcomes,” said Warren Dodge, President and Chief Executive Officer of Oncology Metrics. “Lavi’s experience and knowledge in both the oncology marketplace and oncology informatics are unparalleled. He is also deeply committed to our quest to accelerate advancements in the treatment of cancer.”
Lavi brings to Oncology Metrics more than 25 years of experience in the electronics, software and databases industries, 12 of which have been in oncology-specific information and software systems. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Informatics for P4 Healthcare. Previously, he was Vice President of Data and Information Solutions at International Oncology Network (ION). His role at ION was to architect a data repository and market data mining services to pharmaceutical companies. He also set up the ability to provide practice management and benchmarking services through the repository. In addition to the repository, he also established ION’s market research capabilities to create syndicated reports for the pharmaceutical and financial industries. He is credited with developing and delivering a best-of-class, pharmacoeconomic analysis, software tool for oncology practices, and an online, interactive, case study tool for pharmaceutical companies. Lavi has also co-founded or been part of the co-founding team of six start-up companies, including, Vital Software, the first oncology-specific medical record software company.
About Oncology Metrics
Oncology Metrics is a service and data business for the oncology community that develops products and services to help accelerate advancements in the treatment of cancer. Oncology Metrics has built three distinct networks of community-based oncology centers from which it gathers financial and operation information, clinical information, and biological specimens. It accesses and aggregates this information to provide a platform of knowledge-based products and services. The cornerstone of Oncology Metrics’ approach is to promote the discovery and adoption of best practice. Oncology Metric’s customers include oncology care providers and all organizations involved in the quest to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Oncology Metrics knowledge-based products and services will help providers improve their financial and clinical performance, industry develop better products and services for oncology professionals, and patients receive more effective individualized care.
The Oncology Metrics team is comprised of business and medical professionals with decades of experience in healthcare. Oncology Metrics was founded in 2001 and is based in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas with an office in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Oncology Circle
Oncology Circle is a collaborative, knowledge sharing national network of community-based oncology practices. Oncology Metrics aggregates practice management and financial information from Oncology Circle Members and provides benchmarking services to enable Members to improve their operational and financial performance. The same data is used to provide knowledge-based products and services to industry.
The services Oncology Metrics provides to its Oncology Circle Members enable Members to turn data from their practice management system into actionable information. Oncology Metrics helps Circle Members decide where and how to improve clinical, business and financial aspects of their practice by providing actionable information and objective measurements about coding patterns, procedure frequencies, productivity, cost, staffing patters, recruitment, and retention. This corporate grade knowledge is provided without the corporate overhead.
Data Direct
Data Direct is a collaborative knowledge sharing national network of community-based oncology practices. Oncology Metrics aggregates and assesses clinical, practice management and financial information from Data Direct Members. For Members who use electronic medical records (EMRs), Oncology Metrics aggregates this clinical data and provides clinical benchmarking services to help Members improve patient care and demonstrate quality performance. Oncology Metrics also aggregates practice management and financial information and provides benchmarking services to help subscribers improve their operational and financial performance. The cornerstone of Oncology Metrics’ approach is to promote discovery and adoption of best practices.
Cure Pace
Cure Pace is a national network of community-based oncology practices that gather serum, plasma, whole blood and bone marrow specimens. Cure Pace has available for immediate delivery thousands of samples of frozen serum for most cancer diagnoses. Oncology Metrics can also provide prospective custom collection of serum, plasma, whole blood and bone marrow specimens.
Oncology Metrics collects specimens and corresponding longitudinal electronic medical record information for research and drug development organizations. All specimens are donated by the patient, are fully consented, include a patient’s longitudinal electronic medical record and are collected under Investigational Review Board (IRB) approved research protocols. Oncology Metrics reimburses Cure Pace Members for the costs associated to collect specimens and the corresponding longitudinal electronic medical records. Cure Pace Members contribute to the development of improved diagnostics and treatments for cancer patients.
Additional information about Oncology Metrics can be found at http://www.oncomet.com.
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