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A young woman stands on a crowded stage with several other women who step forward one by one, each holding a large piece of cardboard. When it is her turn, the young woman takes a few steps forward and holds up her own sign for the audience to read. It says, “Diagnosed with cancer four months after my honeymoon.” The woman then flips the cardboard over; on the other side, the words: “My first child …
Healthcare Futurist Joe Flower opened the #AMCCBS this morning with a quote that may be unexpected from a predictor of scenarios to come: “We don’t need new sights; we need new eyes.” Rather than project a Jetsons-inspired vision of healthcare powered by AI and advanced robotics, Flower began by grounding attendees at the 45th ACCC Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit in the facts and …
At the March 20 Radiation Oncology Pre-Conference to the ACCC 45th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit the message was clear: Change is coming, and it’s coming in bundles. Presenter David C. Beyer, MD, FACR, FACRO, FASTRO, Medical Director, Cancer Centers of Northern Arizona Healthcare, crystalized the conundrum: While change is central to the specialty and the practice of …
March 21, 2019
An insightful and thought-provoking discussion about the expanding role and importance of early engagement of pathologists—the laboratory physicians who guide, develop, and implement biomarker testing.
At the Surgical Oncology Pre-conference to the ACCC 45th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit on March 20, the surgeons were in the house! Exploring challenges, business case nuances, and best practices for incorporating a surgical oncology program in a community cancer center were presenters I. Benjamin Paz, MD, FACS, Executive Vice Chair and Clinical Professor in the Department of …
The future of healthcare is at a crossroads. In the past year, the Trump Administration and Congress have made several proposals to address the rising costs of healthcare and drugs­, which have the potential to dramatically affect the landscape of cancer care. Now more than ever, the voices of professionals on the front lines of cancer care are crucial to shaping the direction of future …
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM ACCC Capitol Hill Day (Exclusive to ACCC members on the cancer care team)*R Includes registration, breakfast, and issues overview 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Surgical Oncology Pre-Conference *R Surgical services are not always integrated within the larger cancer care delivery framework, leading to a disconnect that can compromise the coordination …
The ACCC 45th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit opens next week with a series of featured speakers who will offer forward-looking insights on how cancer programs and practices can adapt and grow while addressing today’s (and tomorrow’s) most challenging care delivery issues. Together, these presenters will explore how the history of cancer care brought us to where we are now, and how …
1 March 1, 2019 VIA ELECTRONIC DELIVERY Senator Lamar Alexander Chairman United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 428 201 1st ST NE Washington, DC 20510 Re: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Request …
Si� Element� of Grea� Advocac� Storytellin� 2. The Opening Help Legislators Understand the Impact of Federal Health Policy on Your Patients and Program Blend personal  & data points for impact Keep the story short so there is time to talk Memorize opening & closing lines Tips to Tell Memorable Stories Fou� 1. The Want 3. Paint a Picture Begin …
1 March 1, 2019 VIA ELECTRONIC DELIVERY Senator Lamar Alexander Chairman United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 428 201 1st ST NE Washington, DC 20510 Re: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Request …
Three ACCC Cancer Program Members have been selected to participate in a process improvement initiative, which aims to help cancer programs and practices improve quality and outcomes of care in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer by improving process pathways for integrated, interdisciplinary communication and care coordination. Participating in this initiative are: Duke Cancer Institute …
Cheryl Fiscelli, MSN, RN, CAPA, and her team were facing a steep climb. They were tasked with standardizing patient education resources across the four regional locations in Colorado that make up the UCHealth Cancer Program (UCP). Each of the local UCP sites had their own distinct patient education resources and services. Much of the material they used had not been evaluated for years, and some patients …
ACCC Oncology Care Model Collaborative Workshop Friday, March 22, 2019 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel – Washington, DC ---------- 8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration and Networking Breakfast 9:00 – 9:15 AM Welcome and Introductions Steve L. D’Amato, BScPharm Executive Director, New England Cancer Specialists Chair, ACCC OCM Collaborative Basit …
When Kathleen LaRaia led the consolidation of Munson Healthcare’s 15 cancer care departments into a comprehensive community cancer center, she knew she had her work cut out for her. “The workplace and cultural environment were going to change significantly,” says LaRaia, MS, Executive Director of Oncology Services at Munson in Traverse City, Michigan. “We had to determine how to help staff members …
34(2)_Final.indd 58 accc-cancer.org | March–April 2019 | OI action Cancer Center of South Florida Lake Worth, Fla. Delegate Rep: Jennifer Pugh, CPA Website: cancercenterofsouthflorida.com Colquitt Regional Medical Center Edwards Cancer Center Moultrie, Ga. Delegate Rep: Matthew Clifton, PharmD Website: colquittregional.com/our-services/oncology Highlands Oncology Group, …
Burnout among U.S. healthcare clinicians is a national concern, and cancer care is no exception. To gauge the level of burnout in the cancer care team, ACCC surveyed its membership and created a hub for team well-being resources.
When Kettering Health Network reorganized its operations by service lines, oncology had major problems—internal competition, communication deficits, inefficiencies, and a lack of infrastructure. Learn how Kettering united its oncology staff under “one best practice,” streamlined operations, increased patient volume, and decreased internal competition.
34(2)_Final.indd tools 14 accc-cancer.org | March–April 2019 | OI Approved Drugs • On Jan. 31, the Food and Drug Adminis- tration (FDA) approved Alimta® (pemetrexed for injection) (Eli Lilly and Company, lilly.com) in combination with pembrolizumab and platinum chemo- therapy for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung …