title: Transforming cancer survivorship care through quality improvement initiatives.
abstract: Oncology nurses must become better prepared to conduct quality improvement projects that will optimize quality of care and patient safety for long-term cancer survivors. The growing interest in survivorship care has led to the availability of multiple versions of cancer survivorship care plans (SCPs). Despite the availability of SCPs, research is lacking evidence-based processes to evaluate whether providers comply with planning and issuing SCPs. In the current article, the authors describe exploratory efforts to monitor the providers' compliance rate in issuing SCPs in diverse disease-specific clinics.
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
authors.forename: Guadalupe R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Palos
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
authors.forename: Fran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zandstra
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gilmore
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
authors.forename: Ludivine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
authors.forename: Jacklyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.affiliation: Office of Cancer Survivorship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
authors.forename: Maria Alma
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rodriquez
mesh_terms: D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D058996:Quality Improvement; D017741:Survivors
keywords: compliance rates; quality improvement; survivorship care plans