How Do We Chart a New Course for a System in Crisis? A Multi-Center, Regional Collaborative to Improve Supportive Oncology Care (TH337)

The How Do We Chart a New Course for a System in Crisis? A Multi-Center, Regional Collaborative to Improve Supportive Oncology Care workshop is highlighted. This concurrent session will describe a regional collaboration to improve supportive oncology care across a large metropolitan area. The initiative focused on strategies to implement recommendations by Institute of Medicine 2013 Report, Delivering High Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Grids. The session will provide an overview of a multi-center multi-disciplinary supportive oncology collaborative, which included academic, community and safety net healthcare organizations focused on identifying supportive oncology gaps and needs and identifying strategies for improving delivery of care. Three design teams focused on various aspects of supportive oncology, including distress; survivorship; and palliative care/hospice.