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http://www.qide.org/de/
Quality Insights of Delaware is a Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs). It contracts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and partners with and serves as a resource to health care providers and community organizations. Together, the goal is to protect the rights and improve the health of Medicare consumers. 


http://ons.org
Oncology Nursing Society is a resource for oncology nurses to help them keep up with the rapidly changing and vast array of chemotherapy regimens, treatment guidelines, oncologic emergencies, and patient care issues. This site contains best practice standards and is an important resource for nurses providing oncology care.
http://www.jointcommission.org/
The mission of The Joint Commission is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. This site contains a wealth of standards and measurements, as well as national patient safety goals.
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
Free hospital comparisons based on surveys of patient experience with key aspects of care, such as quality of communication, pain control, cleanliness, and discharge planning. Comparisons include the volume of certain procedures, deaths and readmission rates, and how often hospitals provide care known to achieve good results, such as prevention of surgical infections and use of beta-blockers to prevent repeat heart attacks.
www.whynotthebest.org
Free performance data on hospitals nationwide from a private foundation. Users can search for hospitals by state, county, ownership, site or hospital type. The site incorporates Medicare’s patient survey and hospital quality measures. It also provides an “overall quality measure.” Users can compare hospital quality scores against national and state benchmarks

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TIP Project:
While oncology patients are waiting for their out-patient appointments for treatment, blood work, or check-ups, have a computer terminal available for each patient to sit at for a few minutes and answer questions to assess their status. This way important issues will be addressed, and patient's concerns will not be overlooked in a fast-paced environment. There could be some general themes to pick from, such as pain, constipation, insurance problems, as well as room for the patient to add their own. I think it is important that at every encounter, patients are given the opportunity to have their concerns addressed. A link to the patient's chart can document topics discussed, and what needs follow-up. The nurses who treat the patients can be notified of these issues, and educational resources can be printed and reviewed with the patient, as needed. The patient could also be permitted to identify his or her preferred method of receiving information (eg. print, one on one discussion, small group meetings, audio-visual resources, etc.).
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