Development and implementation of a medical oncology quality improvement tool for a regional community oncology network: The Fox Chase Cancer Center partners initiative

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 875-882

  O'Grady, Margaret A ^a   Gitelson, Elena ^a   Swaby, Ramona F ^a   Goldstein, Lori J ^a   Sein, Elaine ^a   Keeley, Patricia ^a   Miller, Bonnie ^a   Li, Tianyu ^a   Weinstein, Alan ^b   Cohen, Steven J ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Virtua Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical oncology; NCCN guidelines; Quality auditing; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 35948931383     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2007.0078     Document Type: Article

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