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This ACCC education program shares key highlights from a national survey of thoracic surgeons, radiation oncologists, and medical oncologists on the barriers that exist in the ideal management of patients with NSCLC.
Though tumor boards continue to be the standard for multidisciplinary conferences in most cancer programs, the evolving nature of medicine and the merging of individual provider organizations into large healthcare institutions have made this process impractical. Increasingly, traditional tumor boards are giving way to prospective multidisciplinary conferences that allow ongoing evaluation of a patient …
In 2018, as St. Tammany Cancer Center worked to continue its American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation, the cancer center was hosting five monthly conferences: biweekly breast, lung, gastrointestinal conferences, and a general conference.
As the price of new cancer treatments continues to rise, physicians in both the inpatient and outpatient settings need to factor cost as well as efficacy into treatment plans. Julie Kennerly-Shah, PharmD, MS, MHA, facilitates the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, determining which agents will be available to providers …
The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) recently hosted live continuing medical education (CME)-certified learning workshops at two community cancer programs to review current barriers to immunotherapy implementation in the community setting. During the workshops, an expert faculty panel engaged participants in discussion on the challenges that they may face as they integrate immunotherapy …
The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute implemented the Supportive Care of Oncology Patients (SCOOP) Program, which developed and implemented a clinical pathway that improved the patient experience and reduced the cost of care in selective curative cases.
A multidisciplinary approach allows the formation of partnerships between expert professionals that extends beyond the boundaries of their individual specialties, reduces the potential for miscommunication, and eliminates the fragmentation of services that was once common in cancer care.
St. Joseph Hospital and St. Jude Medical Center combined their neuro-oncology conferences and used video technology to facilitate and improve provider collaboration between institutions. The working model evaluates and addresses current needs while allowing room for additional program growth, having a positive impact on the lives of patients and increasing engagement of physicians within the local …
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.
Read about the integrative and complementary therapies WellStar Cancer Network provides for its patients. These services act as a “hub for healing” at the new WellStar Cancer Center.
The Gwinnett Medical Center Breast Program Leadership Team saw an opportunity to create a more comprehensive diagnostic care pathway to include more timely results to breast biopsy patients, streamlined access to treatment specialists, and improved processes and communication with referring physicians.
This article describes molecular subtyping and shows how it is changing both the understanding of breast cancer and how to treat it. The article summarizes the most important new studies and details the impact of this new information for community cancer centers.
The Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) has a long history of providing the nurturing care of a community-based hospital while giving patients access to the latest cancer therapies. In 2013 we took on the question of how to integrate personalized, genomic medicine into our program.
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.
Global Cancer Institute (GCI) is the only non-profit completely focused on improving survival rates for under-served cancer patients worldwide.
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pa., committed resources to develop a program to improve communication and education between oncology and primary care, and improve overall survivorship care.
As cancer treatment evolves with the emergence of genomics, personalized therapies, and immunotherapies, care delivery must also transform.
When emerging studies concluded that early palliative intervention with cancer patients leads to better quality of life and reduces cost of care, palliative care became a focus for Kaufman Cancer Center leadership.
Despite potential roadblocks, such as organizational restructuring, competitive pressure from external markets, and increased data demands from both public and private payers, it is possible to establish creative and attain-able goals within a strategic plan.