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Wayne HealthCare
Local physician
appointed to Commission on Cancer position
CHICAGO, IL, Alisha Reiss , MD received a three-year appointment as
Cancer Liaison Physician for the cancer program at Wayne HealthCare .
Cancer Liaison Physicians are an integral part of cancer programs
accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
(CoC).
Dr. Reiss is among a national network of more than 1,500 volunteer
physicians who are responsible for providing leadership and direction
to establish, maintain, and support their facilities' cancer programs.
Dr. Reiss, who has a significant interest in the diagnosis and
treatment of patients with malignant diseases, is a member of the
multidisciplinary cancer committee at Wayne HealthCare, Greenville, OH,
an institution that is dedicated to facilitating the delivery of
comprehensive quality cancer care.
Cancer Liaison Physicians are responsible for evaluating, interpreting,
and reporting their facilities’ performance data through the National
Cancer Data Base (NCDB) and facilitating quality improvement
initiatives based on data findings. In addition, the Cancer Liaison
Physician is responsible for leading CoC initiatives within the cancer
program and collaborating with agencies such as the American Cancer
Society on behalf of the hospital. The CoC collects data from its
accredited cancer programs and provides tools for these programs to
facilitate analysis of patterns of diagnosis, treatment, and quality of
care for patients treated at the hospital.
The National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a joint program of the Commission
on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) and the
American Cancer Society (ACS), is a nationwide oncology outcomes
database for more than 1,500 Commission-accredited cancer programs in
the United States and Puerto Rico. Some 70 percent of all newly
diagnosed cases of cancer in the United States are captured at the
institutional level and reported to the NCDB. The Cancer Liaison
Physician works with the cancer
program staff to facilitate the submission, presentation, use, and
interpretation of NCDB data. Analyzing and sharing these data with the
cancer committee can have a positive impact on cancer patient care at
the facility.
The CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to
improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients through
standard- setting, prevention, research, education, and monitoring of
comprehensive quality care.
For more information on the Cancer Liaison Program contact
clp@facs.org, the Commission on Cancer at the American College of
Surgeons, 633 N. Saint Clair St., Chicago, IL 60611, 312-202-5085; or
visit http://www.facs.org/cancer.
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