Quality Improvement and Standards for Cancer Care 2015
Journal Title: Journal of Anesthesia and Surgery - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
As a newly appointed member of the editorial board of the Journal of Anesthesia & Surgery, I have been asked to prepare an editorial for the inaugural edition. I have decided to devote this editorial to the current quality standards which are being monitored for the treatment of cancer as defined by the Commission on Cancer (COC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the National Quality Forum (NQF) and Choosing Wisely® (CW) an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). How the quality of cancer care is defined varies greatly depending on who is doing the measuring and what the information derived will be used for.
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Aaron Chevinsky
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