Annual Report the Oncology Care Course Project
Annual Report of the Oncology Care Course Project
HIT-225 Data Application and Healthcare Quality
Instructor: Ms. Mary Bowman
Sunshine Hospital Oncology Care Program
INRODUCTION TO ONCOLOGY CARE PROGRAM Cancer is a group of disease that effect nearly every tissue or organ in the human body, and the second leading cause of death in the United States. In 2007, lung cancer was the leading cause of death among males and females in Marin County. Sunshine Annual Report is being provided to not only the medical staff, but also to the patients and community leaders. Locate in Marin County, Sunshine Hospital is a 235-bed teaching facility with generating revenue of more than $700,000,000 during 2007. The hospital employs 1,220 employees, of which 698 are multidisciplinary physicians. Sunshine Hospital has renowned regional cardiology programs, and specializes in lung cancer research and treatment. Patient from across the country and around the world visit this cancer center to receive innovative the top specialist in the world. The main purpose of the Oncology Care Committee is to establish the direction of the oncology program protocols and quality of care using internal and external data, and make recommendations for improvement to meet regulation and accreditation standards.
ACCREDITATION
JCAHO Accredited
URAC Accredited
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sunshine hospital cardiology and oncology program are accredited by Joint Commission (JC) and the utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC). In 2010, Sunshine Hospital has achieved a three accreditation with commendation by the Commission Cancer.
Many of the department which make up the Sunshine Hospital oncology program also have discipline-specific accreditation:
Radiology Oncology –American College of Radiation Oncologist
Radiology –American College of Radiology of Magnetic Resonance Imaging mammography and ultrasound
Pathology and
HIT-225 Data Application and Healthcare Quality
Instructor: Ms. Mary Bowman
Sunshine Hospital Oncology Care Program
INRODUCTION TO ONCOLOGY CARE PROGRAM Cancer is a group of disease that effect nearly every tissue or organ in the human body, and the second leading cause of death in the United States. In 2007, lung cancer was the leading cause of death among males and females in Marin County. Sunshine Annual Report is being provided to not only the medical staff, but also to the patients and community leaders. Locate in Marin County, Sunshine Hospital is a 235-bed teaching facility with generating revenue of more than $700,000,000 during 2007. The hospital employs 1,220 employees, of which 698 are multidisciplinary physicians. Sunshine Hospital has renowned regional cardiology programs, and specializes in lung cancer research and treatment. Patient from across the country and around the world visit this cancer center to receive innovative the top specialist in the world. The main purpose of the Oncology Care Committee is to establish the direction of the oncology program protocols and quality of care using internal and external data, and make recommendations for improvement to meet regulation and accreditation standards.
ACCREDITATION
JCAHO Accredited
URAC Accredited
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sunshine hospital cardiology and oncology program are accredited by Joint Commission (JC) and the utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC). In 2010, Sunshine Hospital has achieved a three accreditation with commendation by the Commission Cancer.
Many of the department which make up the Sunshine Hospital oncology program also have discipline-specific accreditation:
Radiology Oncology –American College of Radiation Oncologist
Radiology –American College of Radiology of Magnetic Resonance Imaging mammography and ultrasound
Pathology and