Tackling the Next Pandemic: An Infodemic in Clinical Oncology Care

In some quarters, turbulence in these environments has been ginned up by a steady rejection of the threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and any expectation that vaccines are effective. [...]the anti-COVID-19 pandemic atmosphere has affected clinical oncology practice, generating healthcare information and commentaries that have been misleading, exploitative, and toxic (Fillon, 2022;Grimes, 2022;National Library of Medicine, 2021). [...]misinformation can give misplaced credibility to miracle cures and predatory providers touting unproven treatments (Fillon, 2022;Grimes, 2022). For these studies, so many variables can be the focus, such as target populations, influencers, clinical content, belief systems, patient attitudes and biases, disparities in healthcare access, and effective provider responses to erroneous information (Chou et al., 2020;Grimes, 2022, Hyatt et al., 2022;Teplinsky et al., 2022). * Continue to establish trust with our patients, so they depend on their oncology nurse as a source of reliable and accurate information.

Tackling the Next Pandemic: An Infodemic in Clinical Oncology Care

In some quarters, turbulence in these environments has been ginned up by a steady rejection of the threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and any expectation that vaccines are effective. [...]the anti-COVID-19 pandemic atmosphere has affected clinical oncology practice, generating healthcare information and commentaries that have been misleading, exploitative, and toxic (Fillon, 2022;Grimes, 2022;National Library of Medicine, 2021). [...]misinformation can give misplaced credibility to miracle cures and predatory providers touting unproven treatments (Fillon, 2022;Grimes, 2022). For these studies, so many variables can be the focus, such as target populations, influencers, clinical content, belief systems, patient attitudes and biases, disparities in healthcare access, and effective provider responses to erroneous information (Chou et al., 2020;Grimes, 2022, Hyatt et al., 2022;Teplinsky et al., 2022). * Continue to establish trust with our patients, so they depend on their oncology nurse as a source of reliable and accurate information.