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The OCCM was designed to be a usable framework that offers lung cancer programs, regardless of setting, size, and resource level, and the flexibility to conduct continuous assessments of care coordination practices and measure strengths and opportunities in the pursuit of optimal patient outcomes.
Cancer programs of all types across the U.S. face similar challenges in providing quality care for women with ovarian cancer. Multiple stakeholders can contribute to QI solutions with a team approach and clear communication around quality gaps.
OI | Vol. 36, No. 2, 2021 | accc-cancer.org 9 Approved Drugs • On Feb. 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s (bms.com) Breyanzi® (lisocabtagene maraleucel), a CD19- directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic …
To improve the care of these patients, MaineHealth, Maine Cancer Care Network designed a study to explore the use of a 3D lung nodule tool to help providers educate patients during shared decision-making consults.
In my breakout session at the 37th ACCC [Virtual] National Oncology Conference, held Sept. 14-18, 2020, I shared that mentorship is often the missing link to facing these staffing challenges.
80 accc-cancer.org | Vol 36, No. 2, 2021 | OI action Bryan Medical Center Bryan Health Cancer Center Lincoln, Nebr. Delegate Rep: Susan Schreiner, MHA Website: bryanhealth.com/services/cancer-treatment Roger Williams Medical Center Roger Williams Cancer Center Providence, R.I. Delegate Rep: Richard Ballard, BS, MS Website: weknowcancer.org Valley View Hospital Calaway Young Cancer Center …
In 2020 ACCC offered quality improvement programs designed to optimize care for patients with multiple myeloma.
With the innovation of electronic health records (EHRs) and the ability for many of these processes to be completed without a single printed page, if you are not already doing so due to COVID-19, now is the time to allow cancer registry staff to work remotely—either a few days a week or full time—depending on the needs of the facility.
more online @ accc-cancer.org Psychosocial Oncology Services During COVID-19 Jeffrey Kendall, PsyD, LP, shares how patients with cancer are dealing with the “new normal,” and how oncology social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists are working to help them through this unprecedented time. Go to accc-cancer.org/COVID-19, then “Publications.” Join the COVID-19 Discussion …
One of the many lessons we learned in 2020 was that anything can happen and if it was related to regulatory changes, it was likely to change or be delayed, and 2021 has not disappointed.
In 2020 ACCC offered quality improvement programs designed to optimize care for patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Understanding the pressures that its member programs and practices continue to face, ACCC is actively looking at how it can support the membership, including providing on-demand education, training, and resources to fit into your schedule—at a time and place most convenient for you during this extended public health emergency.
In 2019 the Association of Community Cancer Centers developed an education program to provide all members of the multidisciplinary care team knowledge and resources to help successfully integrate immunotherapies into the treatment of patients with RCC.
Assuming the ACCC presidency in March of 2020, just as the COVID-19 public health emergency went into effect, was certainly a dramatic way to enter office. That said, I am pleased with how much we have accomplished these last 12 months— despite the nationwide shutdown and ongoing pandemic.
In my new role at ACCC as senior director, cancer care delivery and health policy, I am excited to take over writing this bimonthly column and communicating to our multidisciplinary membership about pertinent workforce, reimbursement, and cancer care delivery issues.
Learn why spiritual care is essential to comprehensive, high-quality cancer care, and discover how the administration of spiritual services has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research Review March 2021 Overcoming Consent Challenges: A Message from the President's Theme Task Force By Lawrence D. Wagman, MD, FACS An overview or commentary on the challenges to the mechanics of accrual to cancer clinical research trials is best started by providing a measure of trial availability. In 2019 Unger et al.1 published a systema?c review and meta-analysis …
Montana is one of the most rural states in the U.S., with nearly half of its population living in rural regions. Accordingly, accessing healthcare services can be difficult for Montana’s citizens, and gaining access to clinical trials is particularly challenging.
ACCC members enter 2021 with much to consider—both professionally and personally. Fortunately, we are a resilient and committed group. With the enormous pressures of COVID-19, the ever-increasing complexity of oncology care, and the persistent social factors that lead to medical injustice, it is difficult to think about tackling even one more job. Yet, we must, we can, and we do. …
OI | Vol. 36, No. 1, 2021 | accc-cancer.org 21 Approved Drugs • On Nov. 25, Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (ymabs.com) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Danyelza® (naxitamab-gqgk) in combination with granulocyte- macrophage colony-stimulating factor for the treatment of pediatric patients one year of age and older and adult patients with relapsed or refractory …