Cancer QI Programs

Improving the Quality of Care for Cancer Patients

The ACS Cancer Programs strives to improve the quality of care for cancer patients through a quality improvement standard. Cancer Programs aims to improve program’s ability to plan, conduct, evaluate, and report on quality improvement projects and provide opportunity for collaborative learning and opportunities to participate in national projects.

National Initiatives

Cancer Programs

Beyond ASK Quality Improvement Project

Beyond ASK is a yearlong national Quality Improvement Project sponsored by ACS Cancer Programs that seeks to build program’s capacity to offer cessation assistance to newly diagnosed cancer patients who report currently smoking.

Cancer Programs

Breaking Barriers Quality Improvement Collaborative

Breaking Barriers is a national QI Project sponsored by ACS Cancer Programs that seeks to reduce missed radiation therapy appointment (no-show) rates.

Cancer Programs

PDSA Just Ask

The 2022 CoC and NAPBC Assessment of Smoking in New Cancer Patients PDSA QI Project and Clinical Study: Just ASK is an elective project.

Cancer Programs

Standard 5.8 Lung NODES

Standard 5.8 Lung NODES seeks to aid and assist programs in identifying areas for improvement in compliance for Standard 5.8.

Cancer Programs

Genetics Access Pilot

The project will engage CoC and NAPBC accredited programs to understand models for and barriers to offering genetic testing to breast cancer patients.

Tell us about your idea!

Have an idea about a potential national project you would like to tell us about? Download and complete this form, and send it to cancerqi@facs.org.

Upcoming Events

Cancer Programs

2025 ACS Cancer Conference

Registration is now open for the 2025 ACS Cancer Conference and Workshops, March 12-14. We look forward to seeing you in Phoenix!

Questions?

Reach out to cancerqi@facs.org or Log In to Canswer Forum and search for answers to your QI questions.