Cancer QI Programs

Improving the Quality of Care for Cancer Patients

The ACS Cancer Programs strives to improve the quality of care for cancer patients through a quality improvement standard. Cancer Programs aims to improve program’s ability to plan, conduct, evaluate, and report on quality improvement projects and provide opportunity for collaborative learning and opportunities to participate in national projects.

National Initiatives

Beyond ASK Quality Improvement Project

Beyond ASK is a national QI project that seeks to build a program’s capacity to offer smoking cessation assistance to newly diagnosed cancer patients.

Breaking Barriers Quality Improvement Collaborative

Breaking Barriers is a national QI Project sponsored by ACS Cancer Programs that seeks to reduce missed radiation therapy appointment (no-show) rates.

Standard 5.8 Lung NODES

Standard 5.8 Lung NODES seeks to aid and assist programs in identifying areas for improvement in compliance for Standard 5.8.

Genetics Access Pilot

The project will engage CoC and NAPBC accredited programs to understand models for and barriers to offering genetic testing to breast cancer patients.

Timely Administration post-TURBT

The project will aid and assist programs in identifying areas for improvement in compliance related to NCDB quality measure BLCT1.

Tell us about your idea!

Have an idea about a potential national project you would like to tell us about? Download and complete this form, and send it to cancerqi@facs.org.

Sign Up for Small Group QI Coaching Calls

Would you like to discuss your programs Quality Improvement initiative or learn what other programs are considering for the year? Do you have a question about QI that you would like individual feedback on? Sign up for a small group call.

General ACS QI Tools

The ACS offers a suite of resources to help you achieve your quality improvement goals. Learn more.

Questions?

Reach out to cancerqi@facs.org or Log In to Canswer Forum and search for answers to your QI questions.