What Are Quality Initiatives?
Oncology practices across the country are recognizing the importance of developing and continually improving quality care.1,2 Quality Initiatives are an essential component for maintaining accreditation from organizations such as URAC®,* ACHC, ASCO, and The Joint Commission.
Patients with MPNs are a population that may benefit from disease-specific quality programs. MPN Quality Initiatives are focused on the goal of helping to improve patient care. A successful Quality Initiative begins with proper planning through gathering the data about your target patient population and partnering with the other members of the practice team for implementation. Tracking the progress of the Quality Initiative can demonstrate areas for improvement, as well as identify success stories to share.
*Prior to 1996, URAC® was known as Utilization Review Accreditation Commission.

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These are practices that have successfully implemented Quality Initiatives in MPNs. They've identified opportunities and taken definitive steps to improve the delivery of care for patients.

Cancer & Blood Specialists of Louisville

Pontchartrain Cancer Center
Tips for Implementing Quality Initiatives in MPNs
Watch Neal Dave, PharmD at Texas Oncology, describe the 4-step approach his team uses to identify patients with advanced PV and help improve quality of patient care. He discusses the value of counseling the patient on long-term goals, incorporating EMR monitoring, and the value of a multidisciplinary approach.
Watch and learn how Kathy Oubre, MS (CEO) from the Pontchartrain Cancer Center in Southeast Louisiana helped to champion a Quality Initiative (QI) to improve patient care in PV. Hear about the importance of provider buy-in and feedback on workflows, advice about tracking and monitoring patients, and the benefits of basing the QI on a collaborative care approach.

Implementing a Quality Initiative for Advanced Polycythemia Vera (PV)
Use this brochure when implementing a Quality Initiative to help clinicians proactively identify the subset of patients with clinical characteristics of advanced PV that need better management. Learn more about the risk of thrombotic events, mortality rate, elevated blood counts, and symptom burden in advanced PV. And see how using EHR systems can help with identification of these patients.
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Polycythemia Vera (PV) Quality Initiative in Action
Do you want advice on ways to help improve quality and patient care in PV? See the steps the Pontchartrain Cancer Center took to implement their Quality Initiative for patients with PV, understand their effective monitoring strategy and the real-world impact it had, and get tips for success from the perspective of a CEO, a registered nurse and a nurse practitioner.
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