Oncology Issues 2011 Editorial Calendar

January/February 2011

Special Issue "ACCC's Transitions between Care Settings 'Best Practices' Project" to include:

• Highlights of barriers, solutions, and best practices identified in the "Transitions between Care Settings" project.
• Mini-profiles of the 9 ACCC-member programs (5 hospitals and 4 practices( identified by the project survey analysis as having exemplary transition practices in place and the tools these programs have agreed to share. The 9 programs are: Holy Family Memorial, Wisconsin; Geisinger Cancer Institute, Pennsylvania; Comprehensive Cancer & Hematology Specialists, New Jersey; North Colorado Medical Center, Colorado; Capital Region Medical Center, Goldschmidt Cancer Center, Missouri; Jhn B. Amos Cancer Center, Georgia; Columbia Basin Hematology & Oncology; Washington; Quincy Medical Group, Illinois; and Providence Cancer Center Oncology & Hematology Care-Westside, Oregon.

March/April 2011

• ACCC EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS:
  Article on "Dispensing Pharmacy: An Option for Private Practices"
• Building a Comprehensive Integrative Therapy Program in a Community Cancer Program
• Orphan Drugs Part 2—Payer Strategies
• The Roll of Genetics in Cancer Care
• Diagnostic Imaging: Usage and Reimbursement
• The Center for Translational Cancer Research: A Collaborative Effort Between the Helen F Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Care, The University of Delaware and Nemours Biomedical Research

Bonus Distribution: ACCC 37th Annual National Meeting.

May/June 2011

• Personalized Cancer Care: Part 2
• HITECT and HIPAA: Is Your Facility Still in HIPAA Compliance?
• Ensuring Long-term Sustainability of Patient Navigation Services
• Using Your Cancer Registry to Aid in ACoS and NPBAC Accreditation
• Getting THERE from HERE: Successful Alignment Models for Building a Multidisciplinary Cancer Program

Bonus Distribution: ASCO Annual Meeting.

July/August 2011

• Mentoring a New Cancer Program Administrator
• A Model Patient Assistance Program at a Community Cancer Center
• Providing Spiritually Sensitive Care in the Acute Palliative Care Unit
• 340 B Program—Everything Community Cancer Centers Want to Know but are Afraid to Ask

September/October 2011

• RAC Readiness
• Reducing Disparity in Clinical Trial Accrual
• Guideline Adherence vs. Physician Autonomy: Point/Counter-Point

Bonus Distribution: ACCC 28th National Oncology Conference.

November/December 2011

• A Model Virtual Tumor Board
• Best Practices for Multidisciplinary Case Conferences
• A Day in the Life of a Cancer Patient Navigator