Robert D Siegel1, Kathleen M Castro2, Jana Eisenstein2, Holley Stallings2, Patricia D Hegedus2, Donna M Bryant2, Pam J Kadlubek2, Steven B Clauser2. 1. Hartford Hospital-Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Center, Hartford, CT; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Norton Cancer Institute, Louisville, KY; Gibbs Cancer Center-Spartanburg Healthcare System, Spartanburg, SC; Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA; and American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA robert_siegel@bshsi.org. 2. Hartford Hospital-Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Center, Hartford, CT; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Norton Cancer Institute, Louisville, KY; Gibbs Cancer Center-Spartanburg Healthcare System, Spartanburg, SC; Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA; and American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) began in 2007; it is a network of community-based hospitals funded by the NCI. Quality of care is an NCCCP priority, with participation in the American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) playing a fundamental role in quality assessment and quality improvement (QI) projects. Using QOPI methodology, performance on quality measures was analyzed two times per year over a 3-year period to enhance our implementation of quality standards at NCCCP hospitals. METHODS: A data-sharing agreement allowed individual-practice QOPI data to be electronically sent to the NCI. Aggregated data with the other NCCCP QOPI participants were presented to the network via Webinars. The NCCCP Quality of Care Subcommittee selected areas in which to focus subsequent QI efforts, and high-performing practices shared voluntarily their QI best practices with the network. RESULTS: QOPI results were compiled semiannually between fall 2010 and fall 2013. The network concentrated on measures with a quality score of ≤ 0.75 and planned voluntary group-wide QI interventions. We identified 13 measures in which the NCCCP fell at or below the designated quality score in fall 2010. After implementing a variety of QI initiatives, the network registered improvements in all parameters except one (use of treatment summaries). CONCLUSION: Using the NCCCP as a paradigm, QOPI metrics provide a useful platform for group-wide measurement of quality performance. In addition, these measurements can be used to assess the effectiveness of QI initiatives.
PURPOSE: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) began in 2007; it is a network of community-based hospitals funded by the NCI. Quality of care is an NCCCP priority, with participation in the American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) playing a fundamental role in quality assessment and quality improvement (QI) projects. Using QOPI methodology, performance on quality measures was analyzed two times per year over a 3-year period to enhance our implementation of quality standards at NCCCP hospitals. METHODS: A data-sharing agreement allowed individual-practice QOPI data to be electronically sent to the NCI. Aggregated data with the other NCCCP QOPI participants were presented to the network via Webinars. The NCCCP Quality of Care Subcommittee selected areas in which to focus subsequent QI efforts, and high-performing practices shared voluntarily their QI best practices with the network. RESULTS: QOPI results were compiled semiannually between fall 2010 and fall 2013. The network concentrated on measures with a quality score of ≤ 0.75 and planned voluntary group-wide QI interventions. We identified 13 measures in which the NCCCP fell at or below the designated quality score in fall 2010. After implementing a variety of QI initiatives, the network registered improvements in all parameters except one (use of treatment summaries). CONCLUSION: Using the NCCCP as a paradigm, QOPI metrics provide a useful platform for group-wide measurement of quality performance. In addition, these measurements can be used to assess the effectiveness of QI initiatives.
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