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Kuakini Medical Center’s Oncology Program received an Accreditation Award with a three-year Commendation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) on July 17. According to the CoC, only one in four cancer programs receive accreditation.
While the accreditation process is voluntary, patients receiving treatment from a CoC accredited program can be assured that they are receiving quality, comprehensive, state-of-the-art, coordinated care close to home. As a CoC approved facility, Kuakini receives access to national resources and data such as the National Cancer Data Base. Facilities with CoC accreditation are also recognized for having high performance measures by organizations such as the Joint Commission, American Cancer Society, Aetna, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Quality Forum and the National Cancer Institute.
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Areas of Commendation
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Reasons for Commendation
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Standard 2.11-Outcomes analysis
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Program publishes annual reports
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Standard 3.7 NCDB (re-submission of) quality criteria
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Perfect quality of NCDB data each year
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Standard 4.6 CAP guidelines
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100% compliance with CAP and the adoption and monitoring of additional national guidelines
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Standard 6.2-Prevention and early detection
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Very active outreach
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Standard 7.2-Cancer education for cancer registry staff
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CTR attended national meeting
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Standard 8.2-Cancer-related quality improvements
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Impressive improvements each year
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