Navigating Cancer Care for Veterans: A Guide for Healthcare ProvidersPosted on October 25, 2024by Wayne JonasAs health care professionals, we frequently encounter patients with complex medical histories. However, treating U.S. military veterans with cancer presents a unique set of challenges that often necessitate a specialized approach. Having been a U.S.… Continue Reading... New ASCO-SIO Guidelines on Fatigue in Adult Cancer SurvivorsPosted on August 30, 2024by Wayne JonasCancer-related fatigue (CRF) is extremely common. Experienced by 30%-60% of our patient with cancer during treatment, CRF can last for months or years for 20%-30% of patients.1-3 This is no ordinary tired feeling: cancer-related fatigue… Continue Reading... Restoring Joy in Medicine through Whole Person Team-Based CarePosted on August 12, 2024by StaffAs a practicing family physician in the military health system, Wayne Jonas, MD, used to ignore his own wellbeing to spend more time caring for—and connecting with—his patients. He rarely got enough sleep or took breaks.… Continue Reading... Healing the Healer: How to Conquer Burnout through Self-CarePosted on July 16, 2024by StaffWhen Wayne B. Jonas, MD, started practicing medicine in 1981, he was the only physician responsible for two entire battalions and their families – about 4,000 people. He learned quickly how to deliver person-centered, relationship-based… Continue Reading... Using the Personal Health Inventory With Your PatientsPosted on May 3, 2024by Wayne JonasUncovering what matters Whole person health has come a long way. When we first developed the Personal Health Inventory (PHI), this tool was revolutionary. Asking patients about what mattered in their lives? Considering what brought… Continue Reading... You Already Know How to Do Whole Person CarePosted on April 24, 2024by Wayne JonasAn excerpt from Healing and Cancer: A Guide to Whole Person Care If you've never (until reading Healing and Cancer) heard of the Personal Health Inventory (PHI) as a tool or the HOPE visit as… Continue Reading... Announcing My New Book: Healing and CancerPosted on April 11, 2024by Wayne JonasNavigating the complexities of oncology care often means addressing more than just the clinical aspects of cancer. Conventional healthcare models, with their focus on symptom management and disease treatment, sometimes miss the holistic needs of… Continue Reading... How to Measure NothingPosted on February 20, 2024by Wayne JonasIn health care, if you do not name and document a problem or a process, it remains invisible. It might as well be nothing. The biggest problem we have for improving health and lowering the… Continue Reading... New Guidelines for Integrative Care of Cancer-Related Anxiety and DepressionPosted on February 9, 2024by Wayne JonasHow You Can Use the ASCO-SIO Review and Guidelines Recently, I wrote about using the American Society for Clinical Oncology and Society for Integrative Oncology’s (ASCO-SIO) joint guidelines on integrative approaches to manage cancer pain.… Continue Reading... NEJM Roundtable Report Now Available on Financing HealthPosted on February 2, 2024by Wayne JonasAmerica's health care spending is more than double the per capita average of other high-income countries, yet health outcomes and life expectancy in the United States lag considerably. How can society as a whole finance… Continue Reading... Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 … Page 25 Next
