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Executive Summary In 2016, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) received a three-year grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF) to develop a model that would help healthcare entities improve care coordination for lung cancer patients covered by Medicaid. Leading the project Advisory Committee were co-principal investigators Christopher S. Lathan, MD, MS, MPH, Medical …
74 accc-cancer.org | March–April 2020 | OI action Augusta Oncology Augusta, Ga. Delegate Rep: Whitney Still Website: augonc.com System Membership Bon Secours Mercy Health System Cincinnati, Ohio Delegate Rep: John Montville, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE, CAAMA Website: bsmhealth.org Bon Secours-DePaul Medical Center Norfolk, Va. Delegate Rep: Marylou Anton, MSN, RN, OCN Website: …
Eyes on Cancer provides a 20-minute online educational video about the different types of skin cancer with photos of each kind, a melanoma lesion photo reference card within the video, and an online 35-question post-test. When finished, hairdressers can print and display a certificate of completion in their salon.
This article explores how Cleveland Clinic is taking a unique approach to recruiting specialists outside the field of oncology to participate in immunotherapy multispecialty immune-related adverse events (irAE) tumor boards.
With the advent of biologics decades ago, the practice of oncology was forever changed.
Despite the demonstrated need to implement evidence-based interventions that address the psychosocial and behavioral concerns of cancer survivors, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of community-based survivorship programs. To address this need, the Fort Worth Program for Community Survivorship—a community-based cancer survivorship program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center …
From transitioning to value-based care to effectively onboarding new members of the care team, the ACCC Radiation Oncology Pre-Conference on March 5 covered current and near-term challenges facing the field of radiation oncology. The half-day multi-session program was held in conjunction with the ACCC 46th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit in Washington, D.C. The pre-conference kicked …
Keynote speaker Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Fellow at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, challenged attendees to envision cancer care “without walls” in the opening address at ACCC 46th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit on March 5. “Healthcare doesn’t have to be disruptive, but it does need to evolve,” she said, quoting Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify. “Healthcare without walls …
Increasing the number of subspecialists (e.g., breast surgeons, gynecologic oncologists) was identified as the top opportunity to realize cancer program ROI by respondents to ACCC's 2019 Trending Now in Cancer Care survey. On March 4, the Surgical Oncology Pre-Conference to the ACCC 46th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit explored what achieving that ROI may entail, with sessions on …
Revised July 2020 Oncology State Societies at ACCC Resource Center Information The Arizona Clinical Oncology Society Empire State Hematology Oncology Society Rocky Mountain Oncology Society Hawaii Society of Clinical Oncology Indiana Oncology Society Iowa Oncology Society Kansas Society of Clinical Oncology Louisiana Oncology Society Minnesota Society of Clinical Oncology Missouri Oncology …
Oncology state societies at accc Industry Attendee Registration Form Registration Fee $1250 per attendee Company Information Company Name Contact Name Title Address City State Zip Contact Email Contact Phone Attendees Attendee Name Email Attendee Name Email Attendee Name Email Method …
Molecular biomarker testing is enabling the delivery of precision oncology treatments, but developing processes and pathways for integrating these complex tests into practice can be challenging. Guidelines are necessary to help oncology stakeholders—not only pathologists, but also oncologists and laboratory personnel—make informed decisions about bringing new biomarker tests into practice and …
By Angie Santiago As the Lead Financial Counselor at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, my job is to help patients understand what their health insurance covers and explore options for additional sources of financial support if necessary. Our center serves approximately 4,000 patients per year, and I help many of those patients locate the resources they …
PowerPoint Presentation RESULTS BACKGROUND Patient psychosocial needs were identified as the top challenge for working with MBC patients vs. Stage I-III. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CANCER TEAMS AND UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER (MBC): A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS Elana Plotkin, CMP-HC1, Marianne Gandee, MA1, Lorna Lucas, MSM1 1Association of Community Cancer Centers, …
Financial Toxicity and Cancer: Proactive Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Financial Toxicity and Cancer: Proactive Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Hira Chowdhary, MPH, MS; Krista Nelson, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, BCD, FAOSW Abra Kelson, MSW; Virginia Vaitones, MSW Association of Oncology Social Work 35th Annual Conference, 2019 Tucson, Arizona © 2019 Association …
Improving patient access to clinical trials has long been a vexing issue for clinicians and patient advocates. Although trials are the backbone of cancer research, participation rates have remained unchanged in recent decades. As a result, more attention is being paid to the lack of diversity in clinical trial populations. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) held its 2019 Cancer Policy …
Sheet1 Service Physician Practice and/or Freestanding Cancer Program Community Cancer Program Comprehensive Community Cancer Program Academic Cancer Program NCI-Designated Cancer Program Integrated Network Program Categories as Defined by the CoC Patient navigation Offer onsite. Offer onsite. Offer onsite through a dedicated navigator. Offer onsite through a dedicated …
PowerPoint Presentation The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) developed a survey to identify factors associated with the delivery and coordination of care for patients with HCC. In addition to learning how community cancer program providers across the US are managing patients with HCC, objectives included to gain a better understanding of effective tools, resources, …
2019asco_collaborativelearningworkshops_io_poster_lsv4 (1) Collaborative Learning Workshops to Optimize Integration of Cancer Immunotherapies in the Community Setting Latha Shivakumar PhD1 and Lorna Lucas MSM1 1Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, MD METHODS BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The expanding armamentarium of immunotherapies available to treat patients with cancer …
Comprehensive Cancer Care Services Matrix for AMCCBS Service Physician Practice and/or Freestanding Cancer Program Community Cancer Program Comprehensive Community Cancer Program Academic Cancer Program NCI-Designated Cancer Program Integrated Network Program Categories as Defined by the CoC Patient navigation Offer onsite. Offer onsite. Offer onsite through a dedicated navigator. …