2023
Associations of Early Completion of Advance Directives With Key End-of-Life Quality Measures: Analysis of an ASCO Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Patient Cohort
Power S, Bickel K, Chen R, Chiang A, Garrett-Mayer L, Makhoul I, Mougalian S, Shapiro C, Siegel R, Smith C, Rocque G, Kozlik M, Crist S, Kamal A. Associations of Early Completion of Advance Directives With Key End-of-Life Quality Measures: Analysis of an ASCO Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Patient Cohort. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: e520-e526. PMID: 36669136, DOI: 10.1200/op.22.00464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDays of lifeEmergency room visitsAD completionChemotherapy receiptRoom visitsAdvance directivesIntensive care unit admissionLife quality measuresCare unit admissionEOL quality measuresOutcomes of patientsIntensive care unitPatient-level dataChi-square testHigh rateUnit admissionHospice enrollmentCare unitOncology visitsPatient cohortPatient enrollmentPatientsCancer diagnosisVisitsQuality measures
2022
Oral Chemotherapy Metric Performance in Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Practices: Updated Trends and Analysis.
Blinder VS, Garrett-Mayer E, Jacobsen PB, Kozlik MM, Markham MJ, Siegel RD, Kamal AH, Crist STS, Rosenthal J, Chiang AC, _ _. Oral Chemotherapy Metric Performance in Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Practices: Updated Trends and Analysis. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022, 20: 1099-1106.e2. PMID: 36240846, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.7024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematology/Oncology Fellowship Programs' Participation in the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative
Makhoul I, Anders M, Siegel R, Chiang A, Markham MJ, Chen RC, Mougalian S, Arnaoutakis K, Giuliani M, Im A, Kozlik MMP, Crist STS, Garrett-Mayer E, Kamal A. Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Programs' Participation in the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative. JCO Oncology Practice 2022, 18: e1209-e1218. PMID: 35467961, DOI: 10.1200/op.21.00807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality Oncology Practice InitiativeEducational benefitsQI projectQuality improvement projectElectronic medical recordsPractice initiativesQI participationGraduate Medical Education requirementsFellowship programsMedical Education requirementsManual data abstractionMedical recordsMajority of programsOncology ProgramOncology fellowsACGME standardsEducation requirementsFaculty involvementAccreditation CouncilLongitudinal reportsRelationship Between Participation in ASCO's Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Program and American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance of Certification Program
Siegel RD, Garrett-Mayer E, Lipner RS, Kozlik MMP, Vandergrift JL, Crist STS, Chen RC, Chiang AC, Kamal AH, Force O. Relationship Between Participation in ASCO's Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Program and American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance of Certification Program. JCO Oncology Practice 2022, 18: e1350-e1356. PMID: 35363501, DOI: 10.1200/op.21.00777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality Oncology Practice InitiativeInternal Medicine MaintenanceMedical oncologistsCancer care deliveryUS medical oncologistsHigh-quality patient careAmerican BoardPatient careCare deliveryOncologistsPractice levelIndividual basisPractice initiativesAssociationProficiency programPersonal factorsVariety of optionsIndividual practicesPhysiciansASCOPre-Treatment Staging Imaging in Rectal Cancer: Results From the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative
Chen RC, Garrett-Mayer E, Kamal AH, Makhoul I, Kozlik MMP, Crist STS, Chiang AC, Force O. Pre-Treatment Staging Imaging in Rectal Cancer: Results From the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative. JCO Oncology Practice 2022, 18: e1367-e1373. PMID: 35353546, DOI: 10.1200/op.21.00455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality Oncology Practice InitiativeRectal cancerTime pointsASCO's Quality Oncology Practice InitiativeNational Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelinesPelvic magnetic resonance imagingNonmetastatic rectal cancerPre-treatment stagingThird of patientsAssessment time pointsRandom-effects modelMagnetic resonance imagingPractice initiativesSubsequent time pointsQuality improvement effortsInitial therapyInitial stagingAppropriate imagingStaging scansNetwork guidelinesUnique patientsOptimal treatmentCare coordinationN stagingEndorectal ultrasoundCOVID-19 and Cancer Center Operations: Lessons Learned From the NCCN Best Practices Committee.
Sugalski JM, Franco T, Shulman LN, Souza E, Hochberg E, Chiang A, Lawrence S, Krause D, Kubal T. COVID-19 and Cancer Center Operations: Lessons Learned From the NCCN Best Practices Committee. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022, 20: 1-4. PMID: 34991065, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.7102.Peer-Reviewed Original Research