Help Us Plan Ahead for 2024 Quality Improvement: The Standard 5.8 Project Survey

The ACS operative standards have journeyed all the way from concept, investigative research, and published manuals, developed within the Cancer Research Program, to accreditation standards supported by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) and the Cancer Surgery Standards Program (CSSP).

And they are now entering a new phase: Quality Improvement (QI). Through the process of CoC site visits we are learning that one of the standards specific to lung cancer surgery, 5.8 Pulmonary Resection, has room for improvement across CoC-accredited programs. Given that we now know how important proper technique in lung cancer surgery is for ensuring optimal patient outcomes, we have a great opportunity to bring our Cancer National Quality Improvement Collaborative resources to bear on improving compliance with CoC Standard 5.8.  

A workgroup comprised of CSSP and CoC leaders as well as subject matter experts has convened and put together a survey seeking to learn more about the experiences and challenges related to implementing CoC Standard 5.8 Pulmonary Resection and specifically seeks to capture successes and barriers at the programmatic level. The survey, open to all CoC programs, can be accessed here. It is an anonymous survey, unless you choose to leave your name and email for future communication purposes. All responses will be kept confidential and only used to inform next steps related to conducting a national QI project. The survey is 13 questions long and will take approximately 3 minutes to complete. The survey does not require any information to look up and it is recommended that those specifically involved with performing or reporting on CoC Standard 5.8 participate in the survey. Further questions can be directed to cancerqi@facs.org.