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At University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, the Heart and Vascular Institute and the Kaufman Cancer Center have come together to create a cardio-oncology program that provides a patient-centered, multidisciplinary clinic for cancer patients during diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.
As the team of Northwest Medical Specialties discussed its approach to meeting OCM requirements, we realized that the program required rigor and processes like those found in clinical research programs, and an idea surfaced. Employing practices, procedures, and rules commonly used by those who work in a clinical research setting looked like a promising avenue for OCM implementation.
2017 ACCC Innovator Award winner Mitchell Cancer Institute developed a universal oncology nurse navigation acuity tool that measures 11 factors directly impacting the need for and level of navigation services, including staging and diagnosis, co-morbidities, hospitalizations, and family support.
St. Luke's University Health Network aligned its cancer community needs assessment (CNA) with its network Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to achieve measurable goals.
In order to minimize the challenges of time and resource allocation, Oncology Specialists, SC, set out to create a survivorship care plan (SCP) using its electronic medical record (EMR) as a tool to ease the clinician’s workload and time commitment, while still delivering patient-centered care at the end of treatment.
Duke University Medical Center and Four Seasons Compassion for Life have partnered with the Global Palliative Care Quality Alliance to institute an ambitious plan to standardize quality measurement, promote comparison of data on quality, and share best practices across academic and community palliative care organizations.
This article presents a framework for collaboration between small community oncology programs—often located in rural settings—and large cancer centers—often located in urban settings.
While nurse practitioners (NPs) working within the specialty field of oncology are expected to assume the cancer care provider role, some may come with limited cancer experience and knowledge. The web-based education resource discussed in this article can help ensure that these providers have a basic level of knowledge to support safe, quality cancer care.
In the summer of 2012 the Ruttenberg Cancer Center, New York, N.Y., developed and implemented a web-based patient tracking system to improve patient flow and enhance the patient experience.
Care coordination and communication between and among providers are among the core tenets of the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA’s) evaluation program for specialty practices: Patient-Centered Specialty Practice (PCSP).
To see how lean methodology could be used to evaluate current molecular testing processes, identify waste, and design an improved process for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the community setting, a pilot study was conducted at St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment (SJH), located in Orange County, Calif.
By implementing a weekly outpatient nutrition clinic for patients with head and neck cancer, this 2014 ACCC Innovator Award winner improved patient quality of life and reduced the cost of care.
In 2010 Stephen Cattaneo, MD, formed a thoracic oncology working group and implemented the Rapid Access Chest and Lung Assessment Program (RACLAP) at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Annapolis.
Research has demonstrated the importance of symptom management and the optimization of the health and comfort of patients undergoing cancer therapy, resulting in improved function and quality of life (QOL).
The nurse practitioner (NP) and clinical nurse specialist (CNS) are the advanced practice nurses (APNs) primarily working in the field of oncology.
Unexpected radiologic findings in the lungs (incidental lung lesions) on a diagnostic CT pose a risk of lack of follow-up and follow through for patients.
Learn how oncology disease-site process mapping can streamline your cancer program’s operations and decrease duplication of services.
Read how The Outer Banks Hospital and five other cancer programs joined forces to create a prospective peer review model for radiation therapy.
Eliminating barriers to care in rural health communities is paramount to improving social work practice in cancer care delivery. The Providence St. Joseph Health Cancer Program utilized student volunteers to deliver a higher quality of care.
Banking of biological specimens can advance oncology research efforts by providing valuable resources from participants and promoting collaborative partnerships.
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