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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the goal of the Commision on Cancer | to decrease the morbidity and mortality caused by cancer through prevention, monitoring and reporting of care standard settings and education |
| what are the 3 COC committees | Committee on Approvals, commitee on cancer Liason, Quailty Integration commitee |
| what is the committee on approvals responsible for? | establishes standards reviews and approves program surveys, and recommends approval awards |
| what is the Quailty intergration commitee responsible for? | guides and assits in the prioitzing the work of the NCDB add |
| what does the COC publish? | Fords Manual |
| what does Fords stand for? | Facility oncology registry data standards |
| ACOS | American College of Surgeons |
| who is responsible for the present approvals progam for hospital based registrys and independent cancer centers? | American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer society |
| Is the approvals program mandatory? | no it is voluntary |
| When should a faciality complete the SAR | prior to inital survey, and Every year after that |
| what does SAR stand for | Survey Application Record |
| at a miniumn what will a site visit include? | interview with program leader, review of documents supporting the compliance, a summary session that reviews the status of the program and the recommendations. |
| what is a merged hospital cancer program>? | 2 more hospitals that pool there resources and have a single accrediation from JACHO or the AOA |
| what is a network? | an enity with at least one hospital that provides integrated cancer care and offers comprehensive services |
| what approval is awarded for programs that generally meet the standards of approval> | 3 year approval |
| what is a three year approval with contingencys? | when a previously approved program has 1 to 7 measurable deficiences that could easily be corrected and for which documentation of corrective action could easily be provided. |
| Non approval | 8 or more deficiencies - programs may reapply after deficiences are corrected |
| approval deferred | when a NEW program is rated deficiant in one standard this can be resolved if compliance documentation is submitted within 12 months |