title: Improving uniformity of care for colorectal cancers through National Quality Forum quality indicators at a Commission on Cancer-accredited community based teaching hospital.
abstract: The National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) provides feedback on adherence to National Quality Forum (NQF)-endorsed measures to promote best outcomes in colorectal cancer. We examined the care delivered to patients with colorectal cancer at our institution and developed a protocol to enhance nodal retrieval and to ensure that patients with fewer than 12 nodes are considered for adjuvant chemotherapy. Few patients met the NQF criteria for adjuvant radiation. A protocol was developed to address this issue, and this provides a model for use in a multidisciplinary effort to improve adherence to measures associated with best outcomes in colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191, USA.
authors.forename: Dean P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: Jules E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Garbus
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feuerman
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care