A5063494659- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Platelet Disorders and Treatments
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
- Blood disorders and treatments
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
2016-2024
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2021
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
2019
Engineering Associates (United States)
2018
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
2016
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2009
Background: ASCO and IOM recommend palliative care (PC) across health settings for patients with serious illnesses, including cancer. This study provides an overview of the current availability, structure, basic quality PC services within NCCN Member Institutions. Methods: A survey was developed by staff a working group experts from 11 Institutions under auspices Best Practices Committee. The piloted refined 3 members sent electronically to all 26 leaders analyzed data. Results: total 22...
The use of telemedicine expanded dramatically in March 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to assess oncologist perspectives on telemedicine's present and future roles (both phone video) for patients with cancer.
Financial distress from medical treatment is an increasing concern. Healthcare organizations may have different levels of organizational commitment, existing programs, and expected outcomes screening management patient financial distress.In November 2018, representatives 17 (63%) the 27 NCCN Member Institutions completed online survey. The survey focused on practices for distress, perceived barriers in implementation, leadership attitudes about such practices. Due to lack a validated...
Background: Addressing patients’ social determinants of health is a national priority for cancer treatment centers. Transportation insecurity one major challenge patients undergoing active treatment, and missing treatments can result in worse outcomes, including morbidity mortality. How centers are addressing transportation understudied. Methods: In January February 2022, the NCCN Best Practices Committee conducted survey NCCN’s 31 Member Institutions (currently 32 member institutions as...
Electronic patient‐reported outcome (ePRO) programs may offer advantages for patients with cancer, clinicians, health care systems, payors, and society in general; but developing maintaining an ePRO program will require cancer centers to navigate defining meaningful problems, collecting ePROs, implementing action when those ePROs intervention without over‐burdening monitoring the successes failures of their programs. Physician informaticists from National Comprehensive Cancer Network Health...
BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs) following colorectal surgery (CRS) are among the most common healthcare-associated (HAIs). Reduction in SSI rates is an important goal for surgical quality improvement. OBJECTIVE To examine of patients with and without cancer to identify potential predictors risk CRS DESIGN American College Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) data files 2011–2013 from a sample 12 Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) member institutions were...
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) formed an Infusion Efficiency Workgroup to determine best practices for operating efficient and effective infusion centers.The conducted three surveys that were distributed NCCN member institutions regarding average patient wait time, chemotherapy premixing practices, chair use, premedication protocols. To assess the identified defined five components of time.The time in centers ranged from 25 102 minutes (n = 23; mean, 58 minutes). Five 26...
PURPOSE: The field of psycho-oncology is relatively undeveloped, with little information existing regarding the use psychologists at cancer centers. Comprising 30 leading centers across United States, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) set out to understand trends in its Member Institutions. METHODS: NCCN Best Practices Committee surveyed Institutions their psychologists. survey was administered electronically spring/summer 2017. RESULTS: completed by 18 Across institutions, 94%...
Background: Collecting, monitoring, and responding to patient-generated health data (PGHD) are associated with improved quality of life patient satisfaction, possibly survival in oncology. However, the current state adoption, types PGHD collected, degree integration into electronic records (EHRs) is unknown. Methods: The NCCN EHR Oncology Advisory Group formed a Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Workgroup perform an assessment provide recommendations for cancer centers, researchers, vendors...
The NCCN Best Practices Committee, which is composed of senior physician, nursing, and administrative leaders from Member Institutions, evaluated the status cancer center operations after 1 year operating during COVID-19 pandemic. Two major initiatives stood out: increase in utilization network sites, gains made telemedicine reimbursement. Experts Institutions participated a webinar series June 2021 to share their experiences, knowledge, thoughts on these topics discuss impact future care.
D-negative patients are at risk of developing an alloantibody to D (anti-D) if exposed during transfusion. The presence anti-D can lead haemolytic transfusion reactions and disease the newborn. Anti-D alloimmunization also complicate allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) with haemolysis increased requirements. goal this study was determine whether cancer centres have practices intended prevent special attention in considered for HSCT.To understand regarding D-positive...
The coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted operations at leading cancer centers across the United States. In midst of chaos, least one silver lining emerged: development new, creative strategies for delivering care that are likely to continue post pandemic. NCCN Best Practices Committee, which is composed senior physician, nursing, and administrative leaders Member Institutions, conducted a webinar series in June 2020 highlighting most promising effective date. Experts from...
Background: Prolonged hospitalization following intensive (re)induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), while standard, is costly and resource intense, limits inpatient bed capacity, negatively impacts quality of life. Early hospital discharge (EHD) completion has proven safe as an alternative at select institutions, but not widely implemented. Patients Methods: From February 2023 through May 2023, the NCCN Best Practices Committee conducted a survey evaluating AML patterns,...
It is estimated that there are >18 million cancer survivors in the United States, and a growing number of survivorship programs across country to care for these individuals. There clear need care; however, evidence still emerging on how best operationalize guidance from nationally recognized organizations clinical practice guidelines.
"BIO21-011: Oncology Provider Perspectives on Telemedicine for Patients With Cancer: A National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN®) Survey" published 17 Mar 2021 by Network.
11615 Background: Deficiencies and barriers exist to delivering comprehensive affordable cancer care. Understanding the variation in organizational commitment, existing programs, expected outcomes for screening management of financial distress is needed. Methods: Representatives from 17 27 NCCN Member Institutions (63%) completed an online survey November 2018 conducted by Best Practices Committee. Centers were classified based on number unique patients seen per year, as large ( > 10,000)...
e18502 Background: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) formed an Infusion Efficiency Workgroup to determine best practices for operating efficient and effective infusion centers. Methods: conducted three surveys that were distributed NCCN Member Institutions regarding average patient wait time, chemotherapy premixing practices, chair utilization, premedication protocols. To assess the identified defined five components of time. Results: time in centers ranged from 25 minutes 102...
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Background: There are no existing quality measures to define optimal end-of-life care (EOLC) for children with cancer, contributing high healthcare utilization and variable palliative provision.In a preceding study, we developed set of 26 EOLC quality.Our objective in the current study was reach stakeholder consensus on which these candidate prioritize.Methods: We conducted an iterative crosssectional electronic survey, using modified Delphi method.We convened panel, including...
PURPOSE Multidisciplinary tumor boards (MTBs) support high-quality cancer care. Little is known about the impact of information technology (IT) tools on operational and technical aspects MTBs. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network EHR Oncology Advisory Group formed a workgroup to investigate IT such as EHRs virtual conferencing METHODS created cross-sectional survey for oncology clinicians (eg, pathology, medical, surgical, radiation, etc) participating in MTBs at 31 member institutions....