Assessing and Advancing Progress in the Delivery of High-Quality Cancer Care: Proceedings of a Workshop (2024)
Chapter: Appendix A: Statement of Task
Appendix A
Statement of Task
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and host a 1.5-day public workshop to discuss progress made to date and additional actions needed to implement the recommendations put forth in the report Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis (2013). It will also explore changes to cancer care that have occurred over the last decade since the report was released and consider potential new strategies to improve the quality of care. The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions organized around the six components of the 2013 report’s conceptual framework for a high-quality cancer care delivery system:
- Engaging patients to make informed medical decisions consistent with their needs, values, and preferences
- Establishing an adequately staffed, trained, and coordinated workforce that works through interprofessional cancer care teams and is coordinated with family caregivers
- Providing evidence-based care that is informed by clinical trials and other types of clinical research
- Using information technology to advance the quality and delivery of cancer care, research, and quality measurement
- Translating evidence into clinical practice guidelines, quality measurement, and performance improvement initiatives
- Ensuring that equitable, high-quality cancer care is accessible and affordable to all patients with cancer
The planning committee will develop the agenda for the workshop sessions, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
