On Friday, June 2, 2023, at ASCO, CancerX – a public-private partnership co-hosted by Moffitt Cancer Center and the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), alongside the Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) – announced its founding members:
- 1104Health
- AARDEX Group
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- American Cancer Society
- ASCO CancerLinQ
- AstraZeneca
- Athelo Health
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute
- Autonomize, Inc.
- Avellino
- Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Biofourmis
- Biohacking Village
- Blue Note Therapeutics
- Blue Spark Technologies, Inc.
- Bulldog Medical, Inc.
- C the Signs
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Cancer Support Community
- Carium
- City of Hope
- Clario
- Current Health, A Best Buy Health Company
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Datavant
- Elevance Health
- Emerson Collective Health
- Empatica
- Family Reach
- Flatiron Health
- Foley & Lardner LLP
- Folia Health
- Genentech, a member of the Roche group
- Genomate Health
- Graphite Health
- Gray Oncology Solutions
- Haystack Health
- Health Chain
- Health Wallet
- Hike Health
- HunterSeven Foundation
- Hurone AI
- Intel
- Jasper Health
- Kaiser Permanente
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Light Collective
- Lightship Inc
- Lunit
- Luscii
- MassChallenge
- Massive Bio
- MD Anderson
- Medable
- MEND Nutrition
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
- Navio Theragnostics, Inc.
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NorthShore—Edward-Elmhurst Health
- OncoPower
- Oracle
- Orchid Healthcare Solutions
- Outcomes4Me
- Pluto Health
- Point32Health Inc
- Power
- Qritive Pte Ltd
- RestAssured MD
- Rubix LS
- Savvy Cooperative
- Science 37
- Sidekick Health
- Siemens Healthineers
- SimBioSys, Inc.
- Slope
- Socially Determined
- Sophia Genetics
- Soteria
- State of Colorado
- Takeda
- Takeda Digital Ventures
- Tempus
- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
- Thyme Care
- Touch BBCA
- Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL)
- UC Davis Health
- UChicago Medicine
- Veris Health
- VivoSense
- Volpara Health
- This group will drive the success of CancerX, collaborating to set priorities and practices that will help us harness the full power of innovation to achieve the goals of the Cancer Moonshot.
- Thursday, May 25, ASCO also published two online abstracts from CancerX:
- “CancerX: A national public-private partnership to boost innovation in the fight against cancer,” which outlines CancerX’s multi-pronged approach focused on 1) commoditizing best practices and aligning incentives, 2) coordinating access to research, mentorship, resources, and other collaborative opportunities, and 3) demonstrating success in practice to drive broad adoption – all the achieve the goal of reducing the incidence and burden of cancer for all people.
- “Advancing digital innovation to improve equity and reduce financial toxicity in cancer treatment,” which details CancerX’s inaugural project to define the value of digital innovation in cancer treatment, address methodological and implementation gaps, and develop best practices for equitable adoption of digital health technologies at scale in precision oncology.
Background on CancerX:
- CancerX was announced by U.S. President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden in February 2023 as part of The White House’s reignited national Cancer Moonshot initiative.
- The public-private partnership unites the diverse stakeholders and innovators necessary to unleash the power of digital innovation to design and create a future that’s free of the burden of cancer.
- At the end of March 2023, CancerX announced its co-hosts: Moffitt Cancer Center and the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), alongside the Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). It also announced its inaugural project, “Advancing Digital Innovation to Improve Equity and Reduce Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care and Research,” which has begun work to assess, quantify, and enhance the impact of digital solutions on cancer care cost, access, and outcomes dimensions.
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