Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center Recognized for Providing Exceptional Quality Care by American Society of Clinical Oncology

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Sep 02, 2014, 10:54 ET

ZION, Ill., Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center has been recognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), for meeting the highest standards for quality cancer care. The QOPI® Certification Program (QCP™) provides a three-year certification for outpatient hematology-oncology practices that meet the benchmarks.

"We are honored to receive this esteemed certification from ASCO," said Scott Jones, CEO and president of CTCA at Midwestern. "We are dedicated to providing quality care to our patients and we are pleased to be recognized for our commitment."

QOPI is a voluntary, self-assessment and improvement program launched by ASCO in 2006 to help hematology-oncology and medical oncology practices assess the quality of the care they provide to patients. The QCP was launched in January 2010, with more than 200 practices already certified. This is the first program of its kind for oncology in the United States. Oncologists can achieve certification by meeting the highest standards of care.

QOPI analyzes individual practice data and compares these to more than 160 evidence-based and consensus quality measures. The information is then provided in reports to participating practices. Individual practices are also able to compare their performance to data from other practices across the country. Based on this feedback, doctors and outpatient practices can identify areas for improvement.

To become certified, practices have to submit an evaluation of their entire practice and documentation standards. The QCP staff and steering group members then verify through on-site inspection that the evaluation and documents are correct and that the practice meets core standards in areas of:

Treatment planning
Staff training and education
Chemotherapy orders and drug preparation
Patient consent and education
Safe chemotherapy administration
Monitoring and assessment of patient well-being

The QCP seal designates those practices that not only scored high on the key QOPI quality measures, but meet rigorous chemotherapy safety standards established by ASCO and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). The QOPI Certification Program is a project of ASCO's Institute for Quality, an ASCO affiliate dedicated to innovative quality improvement programs. For more information, please visit qopi.asco.org/certification.html.

CTCA at Midwestern is also a Magnet recognized center for nursing excellence, a designation the hospital earned in 2013. For more information about CTCA, please visit cancercenter.com.

About Cancer Treatment Centers of America^®Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Inc. (CTCA) is a national network of hospitals focusing on complex and advanced stage cancer. CTCA offers a comprehensive, fully integrated approach to cancer treatment and serves patients from all 50 states at facilities located in Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Tulsa. Known for delivering the Mother Standard® of care and Patient Empowerment Medicine®, CTCA provides patients with information about cancer and their treatment options so they can control their treatment decisions. CTCA at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Midwestern) is nationally recognized for providing innovative and individualized cancer care and has been designated by the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program (NQMBC®) as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence™, ranking the hospital among the top centers in the country for quality breast cancer care. CTCA at Midwestern is the only Certified Breast Center of Excellence in Illinois. As a member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) the hospital also offers a Stem Cell Transplant and Cell Therapy program that provides a full spectrum of transplantation services and advanced treatment options for hematologic cancers. CTCA at Midwestern is proud to use the latest technology to offer advanced treatment for cancer and is currently one of only a few hospitals in the nation to combine recent advances in brain mapping and navigation to perform minimally invasive brain surgery on hard to reach brain tumors. CTCA enjoys an array of relationships with payers, networks, and employers. For more information about CTCA, go to www.cancercenter.com.

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