Research/Quality/Performance Improvement
As a member of the Cancer Care Committee at a community hospital, the thoracic oncology nurse navigator (ONN) recognized the need for a quality study investigating the process for cancer patients receiving PEG tube placement.
The ACS received grant funding from the Merck Foundation to explore navigator network development, implementation, and sustainability.
A professional steering committee for Great Lakes Health Hospital System identified the need to coordinate and integrate an organized oncology service line and attain Commission on Cancer accreditation.
This infographic illustrates key findings from the first-of-its-kind study to examine outcomes, evaluate analytics, identify barriers/challenges, analyze performance improvement processes, and identify opportunities for future research.
Cancer is an extremely overwhelming diagnosis with multiple appointments and care team providers.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently completed a quality improvement program pilot designed to test the feasibility and effectiveness of coaching-based navigation among ACS lay navigators; 6 sites were selected for the pilot.
As navigation programs grow, orientation programs must support different learning styles of new navigators.
Donna Fowler, RN, OCN, Lincoln Sheets, MD, PhD, Matthew S. Prime, MD, PhD, Chaohui Guo, Athanasios Siadimas, MSc, Richard D. Hammer, MD
Multidisciplinary tumor boards (MTBs) provide an interdisciplinary approach for decision-making in cancer care.
The current approach to cancer care in South Africa is known to be fragmented, uncoordinated, and often unsupportive of individual patient needs.
Carly Larson, MA, Savannah Geske, PhD, Janie A. Metsker, RN, BSN, CN-BN, ONN-CG, Monty Miller, LCSW, Jake Eyler, MDiv, BCC
In 2017, Saint Luke’s Hospital Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer in Kansas City, MO, began hosting biannual weekend therapeutic retreats for women with metastatic breast cancer and their spouses or caretakers.