Rare Disease Day: Raising Awareness for Rare Cancers
Posted February 26th, 2021
OncoLink Team
Every year on the last day of February, the world recognizes rare diseases—a day now known as Rare Disease Day. Rare diseases affect approximately 25 million to 30 million people in the United States each year. The purpose of Rare Disease Day is to educate the public and raise awareness among decision-makers about the impact of […]
Countdown to 100,000 OncoLife Survivorship Care Plans: What is a Survivorship Care Plan?
Posted February 25th, 2021
Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN
In April of 2007, OncoLink launched the OncoLife Survivorship Care Plan, a tool to create care plans for people who have survived cancer. As that tool reaches the milestone of 100,000 care plans created, OncoLink’s Managing Editor, Carolyn Vachani, explains what a survivorship care plan really is – and is not. In 2006, The Institute […]
Countdown to 100,000 OncoLife Survivorship Care Plans: How it all started
Posted February 19th, 2021
Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN
In April of 2007, OncoLink launched the OncoLife Survivorship Care Plan, a tool to create care plans for people who have survived cancer. As that tool reaches the milestone of 100,000 care plans created, OncoLink’s Managing Editor, Carolyn Vachani, looks back on the program’s origins. In 1996, The Institute of Medicine published a report called […]
Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day
Posted February 17th, 2021
Christina Bach, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
What can you do TODAY to make someone’s day a little brighter? Why not think about making kindness the norm, rather than the exception? Here are some ideas from the OncoLink team to #choosekind and #explorethegood today—or any day. And remember, it’s not about recognition— it’s just about doing something out of the kindness of […]
