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Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care (2000)

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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2000. Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9970.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABCTM

achievable benchmarks of care

ACoS-CoC

American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer

ACR

American College of Radiology

ACS

American Cancer Society

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AJCC

American Joint Committee on Cancer

AMI

acute myocardial infarction

ASCO

American Society of Clinical Oncology

BCS

breast conserving surgery

CAHPS

Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey

CARES

Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CFHCC

Central Florida Health Care Coalition

CPR

computer-based patient record

CRN

Cancer Research Network

CSS

Cancer Surveillance System

DCS

ductal carcinoma in situ

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DQIP

Diabetes Quality Indicator Project

DRGs

diagnosis related groups

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2000. Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9970.
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EPCs

evidence-based practice centers

EOD

extent of disease

FACCT

Foundation for Accountability

FACT-B

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast quality-of-life instrument

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act of 1966

HCFA

Health Care Financing Administration

HCUP

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project

HEDIS®

Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization

IACR

International Association of Cancer Registries

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer

IHA

Independent Health Association

IMSystem®

Indicator Measurement System

IOM

Institute of Medicine

JCAHO

Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

NAACCR

North American Association of Centralized Cancer Registries

NAMCS

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

NCCCS

National Coordinating Council for Cancer Surveillance

NCCN

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

NCDB

National Cancer Data Base

NCHS

National Center for Heath Statistics

NCI

National Cancer Institute

NCQA

National Committee for Quality Assurance

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NMFS

National Mortality Followback Survey

NPCR

National Program of Cancer Registries

PCE

Patient Care Evaluation study

PCS

Patterns of Care Study

PGBH

Pacific Business Group on Health

PPMC

Physician Practice Management Company

PPO

preferred provider organization

PROs

peer review organizations

QCCC

Quality of Cancer Care Committee

QuIC

Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2000. Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9970.
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Q-Span

expanding and improving quality of care measures

SEER

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program

SS

summary stage

TNM

tumor, node, metastasis

VA

Department of Veterans Affairs

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2000. Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9970.
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One of the barriers to improving the quality of cancer care in the United States is the inadequacy of data systems. Out-of-date or incomplete information about the performance of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and public agencies makes it hard to gauge the quality of care. Augmenting today's data systems could start to fill the gap.

This report examines the strengths and weaknesses of current systems and makes recommendations for enhancing data systems to improve the quality of cancer care. The board's recommendations fall into three key areas:

  • Enhance key elements of the data system infrastructure (i.e., quality-of-care measures, cancer registries and databases, data collection technologies, and analytic capacity).
  • Expand support for analyses of quality of cancer care using existing data systems.
  • Monitor the effectiveness of data systems to promote quality improvement within health systems.
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