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In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Lauren Hughes, RN, director of infusion services at Highlands Oncology about her program’s receipt of a 2025 ACCC Innovator Award. Highlands Oncology’s innovation, Improving Care Between Clinic Visits: A Sustainable Model for Remote Patient Monitoring, ensures continuous support and symptom management for patients between clinic visits. An early contributor to real-world evidence on the impact of remote patient monitoring, Hughes will discuss how Highlands Oncology significantly reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations while increasing treatment adherence and patient engagement.
Guests:
Lauren Hughes, RN
Director of Infusion Services
Highlands Oncology
Fayetteville, Arkansas
“[Patients] like the ease and simplicity of being able to pick up [their] phone, go to an app, and send a quick message...We’ve heard time and time again [from patients that even though] it’s an app...it still feels personal. They feel like they’re being checked on and cared for when they’re on site...and after hours.”
- Lauren Hughes
This podcast is part of a special series featuring the 2025 ACCC Innovator Award winners. For a deeper dive into this topic and other content that will help your team reimagine how care is delivered at your cancer program or practice, register today for the ACCC 42nd National Oncology Conference, October 15-17 in Denver, Colorado.
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At the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, the Louisiana Oncology Society received the ASCO Jeffrey C Ward Affiliate Advocacy Award for advancing critical advocacy priorities that have translated into meaningful legislative victories. The Iowa Oncology Society and Washington State Medical Oncology Society were also recognized for their advocacy efforts in 2025 at the meeting, receiving second place awards.
