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EHR Integration: Effective Practices to Facilitate Timely and Comprehensive Biomarker Testing

Optimal oncology practice management and operations hinge on health technology and performance and interoperability. As the use of guideline-concordant biomarker testing increases, cancer programs’ technical infrastructure must keep pace. A tangle of EHR systems and external technology platforms that are not conversant can make data transmission challenging and further hinder implementation of testing and treatment recommendations.

To bridge this gap and facilitate interoperability, the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC), with its program partner LUNGevity and support by AstraZeneca and Genentech, gleaned insights from stakeholders and applied those findings to define solutions and highlight processes that equip cancer care teams with the tools they need to integrate EHR systems.

Along with data standardization, the program has identified a need for greater collaboration among key stakeholders in oncology: cancer programs, reference labs, and EHR vendors. Additionally, staff subsets within cancer programs can strive for increased transparency and seamlessness with each other, including IT teams, oncologists, advanced practice providers, and pathologists.

Explore the featured resources below for adaptable workaround solutions, resources, tips, and tools cancer programs can use to implement EHR integrations and optimize care delivery.

For more information on this project, please contact the ACCC Provider Education department.

EHR Integration Summit: Effective Practices to Facilitate Timely and Comprehensive Biomarker Testing

Featured Resources

Roadmap

This roadmap equips multidisciplinary cancer care teams with essential information to establish the foundation for EHR integration, outlines strategies for team preparation, and provides guidance on effective implementation and evaluation processes.
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Executive Summary

On October 4, 2023, ACCC leadership convened a multistakeholder summit to discuss effective practices and develop workaround solutions to overcome barriers impeding biomarker testing integration into EHR systems. Download a thematic analysis of those discussions, which includes highlights of emerging opportunities to guide stakeholders as they initiate and build EHR integrations.
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Cancer Buzz Podcast

Highlights from the ACCC Working Summit: Biomarker Testing – Solutions for EHR Integration — [MINI PODCAST] EP 136 Nov 10, 2023

Health technology performance and integration of electronic health record (EHR) systems have become critical factors in conducting efficient and equitable biomarker testing at cancer programs nationwide.. Listen in as CancerBuzz speaks to Karen Huelsman, MS, LGC, precision oncology lead and genetic counselor at TriHealth Cancer and Blood Institute, about key takeaways and insights from the Working Summit.

Abstracts & Presentations

[Abstract 13649] Integrating electronic health records (EHRs) to facilitate cancer biomarker testing: Real-world implementation barriers and solutions.

May 30, 2024

Accepted for online publication at American Society of Clinical Oncology 2023 Annual Meeting, May 30-June 3, 2024.

See full abstract as well as a downloadable PDF in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Resource Library

Access a collection of tools, publications, examples, and insights from various cancer programs to assist cancer care teams in navigating EHR integrations for biomarker test ordering and reporting.
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Landscape Analysis

As cancer programs seek new ways to improve health technology performance and interoperability for biomarker testing processes, ACCC explores current challenges and effective practices to use EHRs, add-on modules, and other integration solutions/workarounds to streamline testing, access reports, and improve operational efficiency.
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From the ACCCBuzz Blog

Advocates Discuss Leveraging Software to Improve Financial Assistance
March 14, 2025
Many health care institutions use electronic health records to track financial assistance for patients, but how they do it varies greatly. To support the effective use of systems like Epic, ACCC’s Financial Advocacy Network hosted a coffee chat where cancer program members shared strategies for leveraging Epic to enhance financial assistance efforts.
Addressing Challenges in EHR Integration
April 03, 2024
ACCCBuzz engaged in a discussion Josiah Allen, PharmD, a clinical pharmacogenomic pharmacist and Jake Barnes, an IS application manager, both from St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Kentucky, focused on the obstacles encountered in integrating a biomarker testing add-on module in their EHR.
Building a Precision Medicine Team: EHR Integration for Timely Biomarker Testing
February 26, 2024
ACCCBuzz spoke with the co-directors of a precision medicine Initiative at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about their work in building a team to champion EHR integration to support precision medicine.

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