Quality

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed legislation, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, to avert the so-called fiscal cliff and temporarily forestall cuts to Medicare, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Senate passed the legislation by an overwhelming margin earlier that day.

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The results of the ASCO Breast Cancer Registry Pilot Program, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, were recently published as two studies in the journal Cancer.  One study found that an overwhelming majority of surveyed participants were satisfied with the program and found it useful to their practice, while another found that patients were highly pleased as well.

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ASCO has secured $3 million in new funding and key data sharing arrangements to support the development of CancerLinQ™, a ground-breaking information technology initiative that aims to achieve higher quality, higher value cancer care with better outcomes for patients.

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ASCO is pleased to announce that Helsinn has become the first organization to contribute $1 million to the Conquer Cancer Foundation in support of CancerLinQ™, the society's multi-phase initiative to build a rapid learning system in cancer care.

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To help advance the important work of community-based investigators and research teams, ASCO held its first annual Community Research Forum on Sept. 1...

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Allen S. Lichter, MD, chief executive officer of ASCO, underscored the importance of the oncology community to work together in order to improve the quality of cancer care.

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As part of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) National Cancer Policy Forum (NCPF) workshop on delivering affordable cancer care in the 21^st century, ASCO’s Top Five list was highlighted as an example of ways to improve quality of care for patients while reducing unnecessary costs.

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ASCO is applauding new Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations for establishing a “learning health system” in the United States, and calling upon other medical specialties to join in achieving this vision of high-quality, high-value medical care. ASCO's recently launched multi-phased rapid-learning initiative, CancerLinQ, aims to achieve the IOM’s core recommendations for the field of oncology.

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