AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY INC

:QUALITY OF CARE INITIATIVES - CANCERLINQ, QUALITY MEASURES, GUIDELINES AND QOPI:QUALITY ONCOLOGY PRACTICE INITIATIVE (QOPI). A QUALITY SELF ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR OUTPATIENT MEDICAL ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY PRACTICES: QOPI PROVIDES A WEB-BASED DATA COLLECTION TOOL THAT ALLOWS PRACTICES TO 1) REPORT ON VARIOUS CANCER CARE QUALITY MEASURES, 2) RECEIVE ANALYZED DATA ON PRACTICE PERFORMANCE, AND 3) COMPARE PERFORMANCE AGAINST THEIR PEERS FOR DATA-DRIVEN IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES. PRACTICES PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY AND OVER 263 PRATICES PARTICAPTED IN 2023.QUALITY TRAINING PROGRAM. ASCO'S QUALITY TRAINING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN HEMATOLGY-ONOCOLOGY PRACTICE TEAMS, THE TECHNIQUES OF CLINICAL CARE AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. RECENT PARTICPANTS HAVE INCLUDED, BY INTENTIONAL RECRUITMENT, PRACTICES SERVING URBAN AND RURAL UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS ADRESSING HEALTH DISPARITY. 290 ONCOLOGY PROFESSIONALS RECEIVED TRAINING IN 2023.GUIDELINES:A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE SOCIETY'S QUALITY EFFORTS, THE ASCO GUIDELINES PROGRAM ACTIVELY ENGAGES WITH MORE THAN 1,000 ASCO MEMBER VOLUNTEERS, ON A YEARLY BASIS, TO DEVELOP EVIDENCE AND EXPERT-DRIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INFORM HIGH-QUALITY AND EQUITABLE CANCER CARE WORLDWIDE. ASCO'S GUIDELINES PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES TRADITIONAL AS WELL AS LIVING CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES, UPDATES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL STANDARDS, FOCUSES ON CONTENT AREAS WITH IDENTIFIED KNOWLEDGE GAPS, HIGH UNCERTAINTY, OR UNMET AND PRESSING CLINICAL NEEDS FACING ONCOLOGY CARE TEAMS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. ASCO'S GUIDELINES RESOURCES ARE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE GUIDELINE-CONCORDANT CANCER CARE AT THE CLINICIAN, CAREGIVER, AND PATIENT LEVEL. FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS, COMPLEX GUIDELINE INFORMATION IS DISTILLED AND PRESENTED IN A USER-FRIENDLY FORMAT THROUGH ASCO'S CANCER.NET. FOR CLINICIANS, THESE TOOLS ARE OFFERED THROUGH CONCISE PRACTICE-FACING COMPANION ARTICLES, SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION TABLES, ALGORITHMS, PODCASTS, VISUAL ABSTRACTS, AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH ASCO JOURNALS, THE ASCO WEBSITE, AND THE ASCO GUIDELINES APP.PUBLISHED AS A REGULAR, AND OFTEN MOST READ, FEATURE IN THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (JCO) WITH OVER 1.3 MILLION DOWNLOADS IN 2023, GUIDELINES ALSO SERVE AS THE EVIDENCE FOUNDATION FOR ASCO'S MEMBER EDUCATION, PATIENT EDUCATION, POLICY, CARE DELIVERY, AND QUALITY EFFORTS, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF CANCER TREATMENT AND CARE INFORMED BY THE HIGHEST QUALITY EVIDENCE AND EXPERT INTERPRETATION, INTEGRATED INTO GLOBAL PRACTICE AT THE POINT OF PATIENT CARE. ASCO TYPICALLY ENGAGES 30-40 GUIDELINE EXPERT PANELS AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND PUBLISHES BETWEEN 20-25 NEW OR UPDATED GUIDELINES EACH YEAR; WITH A GROWING LIBRARY OF GUIDELINE SUMMARIES THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH. TWENTY-THREE GUIDELINE PRODUCTS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE JCO IN 2023, INCLUDING SEVERAL RAPID UPDATES AND MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF ASCO'S COMPREHENSIVE LIVING GUIDELINE ADDRESSING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER. IN ADDITION, 13 COMPANION ARTICLES PROVIDING GUIDELINE CLINICAL INSIGHTS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE JCO ONCOLOGY PRACTICE.