Cancer Program Standards (CPS) 2011 Project
The Commission on Cancer Accreditation Committee announces the publication of Cancer Program Standards 2012: Ensuring Patient-Centered Care. Click here to access the online manual.
This publication is the culmination of more than two years of work by a group of dedicated individuals that include staff of the Accreditation Program at the Commission on Cancer the project chair and vice chair, Drs. Frederick Greene and Diana Dickson-Witmer (respectively), the workgroups chairs, vice-chairs, and members, and Drs. Daniel McKellar and Robert Flanigan, chair and vice-chair of the Accreditation Committee.
These standards, scheduled for implementation in 2012, ensure that key elements of quality cancer care are provided to every person with cancer treated in a CoC-accredited facility throughout their diagnosis and treatment process, including psychosocial support, care for cancer-related pain, palliative care, and hospice care.
These standards challenge cancer programs to enhance the care they provide by addressing patient-centered needs and measuring the quality of the care they deliver against national standards. Both areas are critical components of quality cancer care.
Education and Support
Watch for release of the standards webinar series which provides presentations on cancer program operation, quality centered standards, and patient-centered standards. Click here to access the CoC Education Portal.
CoC Best Practices Repository Wiki Page provides tools and resources developed by the CoC, CoC-accredited programs, and CoC member organizations to help programs implement and meet the new standards. We encourage all programs to submit best practices through the email link that is included on the Wiki page. Click here to access the Best Practices Repository Wiki Page.
CAnswer Forum bulletin board enables staff from CoC-accredited cancer programs and those seeking accreditation to search the on-line data base for help interpreting the program standards and to submit questions about the standards that are answered either by CoC staff members or peer constituents from CoC-accredited programs. Click here to access the CAnswer Forum.
Coming in 2012
Video vignettes (5 minute video presentations) on the standards that will describe the standard, its definition and why it’s important; compliance criteria (i.e., documentation in SAR); strategies/best practices to meet the standard; activities that don’t meet the standard; and resources to support the standard.
Face to Face Survey Savvy Workshops (Dates and locations to be determined)
Revised August 31, 2011