Crystal McDaniel and I attended the Commission on Cancer’s Annual Surveyor and Consultants Training November 13th and 14th in Chicago. Yes, it was the return of arctic temperatures as we walked down Michigan Avenue. This annual training is always in November and it is always windy and freezing cold (though they tell us the weather was great last week or will be great next week!) The Commission on…
Marketing and Promoting Hospital CoC Accreditation
Susan Rubin, Manager of Accreditation Program Business Development, presented findings from a recent survey of CoC accredited programs at the annual surveyors and consultants training in November of 2014. Facilities stated they are not promoting their CoC accreditation due to a variety of reasons. A few examples of responses were lack of funds, decision at the corporate level, not knowing that they could promote the accreditation, promotion…
Commission on Cancer Activity Updates
Dr. Daniel McKellar, MD, FACS Chair of the Commission on Cancer presented the current status of the CoC’s activities during the CoC Surveyor and Consultant Annual Training. Several new accreditation programs are being developed including Pediatric specific standards and quality measures. A standards manual has been completed for Oncology Medical Home Accreditation with pilot surveys of seven sites planned for the first quarter of 2015. The…
Consultant Spotlight: Carla Edwards, CTR
Carla Edwards serves in the position of Project Director for the Oncology Services Division. Carla is tasked with overseeing and directing hospital based projects including both CoC accredited programs and those hospitals only reporting to the central registry. Carla also directs registry operations for those programs. Additionally, Carla will serve as a mentor and resource to both existing and new project managers and project specialists. …