Lessons From Early Implementation of a Patient-Centered Care Model in Oncology.

Purpose: Oncology practices may serve as the primary health provider for patients with cancer and the so-called neighbor during periods of transition and survivorship. New standards for patient-centered oncology practice articulate expectations for the primary health provider and neighbor roles. We report the implementation experiences of five oncology practices participating in a pilot of these standards.

Data-driven transformation to an oncology patient-centered medical home.

As the use of EMR systems increases, new standardized quality measures that incorporate patient- and payer-centric outcomes need to be developed, and data must be collected in a manner that will not distract the physician-led care team from the delivery of quality patient care.

Change in worksite smoking behavior following cancer risk feedback: a pilot study.

Objective: To pilot a worksite smoking intervention.

Methods: Following baseline assessment, participants (N=6378) received cancer risk feedback; 2 annual evaluations were conducted.

Results: Using all data, smoking dropped from 13.

Implementation of a comprehensive cancer control program at the worksite: year one summary report.

The worksite is an ideal forum for cancer risk assessment. We describe here the baseline characteristics of a large cohort. Participants completed surveys that assessed a variety of risk factors and behavioral mediators.