Ambulatory Care Excellence (ACE): Charting a New Path in Ambulatory Care Model and Coordination – [Podcast] Ep 198

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and vice president of Nursing and Patient Care Services at Fox Chase Cancer Center about her program’s receipt of a 2025 ACCC Innovator Award. Fox Chase Cancer Center’s innovation, Ambulatory Care Excellence (ACE): Charting a New Path in Ambulatory Care Model and Coordination, is a structured approach designed to improve efficiency, coordination, and patient outcomes in ambulatory cancer care while ensuring top of license scope of work for clinicians. Rodriguez will discuss key features of the ACE Model, its impact on patients with cancer, and notable results of the initiative.  

Guests:

Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN, NEA-BC 

Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President, Nursing and Patient Care Services 

Fox Chase Cancer Center 

Philadelphia, PA 

“All of our team members are really connected to our purpose...from frontline staff to executives to different support services. [They] truly have the patient front and center, [and] that really drives a lot of our passion towards improvement [and] making sure that the care we deliver is exceptional.” - Anna Rodriguez 

This podcast is part of a special series featuring the 2025 ACCC Innovator Award winners. For a deeper dive into this topic and other content that will help your team reimagine how care is delivered at your cancer program or practice, register today for the ACCC 42nd National Oncology Conference, October 15-17 in Denver, Colorado. 

Resources: 

Geriatric Oncology Ambulatory Care Clinics 

Implementing Telephone Triage Guidelines into Nursing Workflow 

The Oncology Nursing Fellowship Program 

Transitioning Select Chemotherapeutics to the Outpatient Setting Improves Care and Reduces Costs