Building Data Infrastructure to Evaluate and Improve Quality: The National Cancer Data Base and the Commission on Cancer's Quality Improvement Programs

J Oncol Pract. 2015 May;11(3):209-12. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2015.003863. Epub 2015 Apr 21.

Authors

Lawrence N Shulman¹, Ryan McCabe², Greer Gay², Bryan Palis², Daniel McKellar²

Affiliations

¹ Commission on Cancer, Chicago, IL; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Wright State University, Dayton, OH lawrence_shulman@dfci.harvard.edu.
² Commission on Cancer, Chicago, IL; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Wright State University, Dayton, OH.

PMID: 25901051
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.003863

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Data Collection / standards*
Databases, Factual / standards*
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / standards*
Humans
Medical Oncology / standards*
Neoplasms / diagnosis
Neoplasms / mortality
Neoplasms / therapy*
Process Assessment, Health Care / standards*
Program Development
Quality Improvement / standards*
Quality Indicators, Health Care / standards*
Quality of Life
Registries / standards
Treatment Outcome
United States