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2020 CoC Operative Standards

Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery

Cancer Surgery Standards Program

The Cancer Surgery Standards Program (CSSP) has been developed to improve the quality of surgical care provided to people with cancer.

The CSSP aims to improve care by setting evidence-based standards for the technical conduct of oncologic surgery and educating surgeons to help them meet those standards. To support implementation and adherence, the CSSP builds and disseminates tools, including synoptic operative report templates and the associated electronic infrastructure.

Standards 5.7 & 5.8 Webinar

Webinars

The CSSP is hosting an educational webinar on June 3 to review best practices to achieve compliance with Standards 5.7 and 5.8. Staff at CoC programs, including administrators, pathologists, registrars, and surgeons, as well as CLPs and State Chairs, are welcome to attend.

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Standard 5.8 Requirements & Best Practices

Standard 5.8--Pulmonary Resection

The requirements of Standard 5.8: Pulmonary Resection from the CoC Optimal Resources for Cancer Care (2020 Standards) are described in this video, as well as strategies to optimize compliance. We recommend that all Cancer Liaison Physicians and State Chairs distribute this video to surgeons at their CoC-accredited cancer programs and encourage program staff to show the video during tumor boards.

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Synoptic Reporting Webinar

Cancer Surgery Standards Program

The recording and slides from the Implementation Strategies for Synoptic Operative Reporting webinar are now available. In this webinar, speakers review the synoptic operative reporting options available for CoC-accredited cancer centers and discuss the value of synoptic reporting.

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Synoptic Reporting Options

Cancer Surgery Standards Program

While compliance with CoC Standards 5.3–5.6 will not take effect until 2023, many programs are aware that it will take time to get electronic medical record synoptic reporting solutions in place. Programs are asking about new options available for synoptic operative reporting. We are providing the most current information about synoptic reporting solutions.

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Standards 5.3–5.8

Operative Standards video slide

This brief video introduces the Operative Standards and the rationale for their incorporation into the CoC accreditation standards. We recommend that all CLPs and State Chairs distribute this video to surgeons at their CoC-accredited cancer programs and encourage program staff to show the video during tumor boards.

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SurgOnc Today™ Podcasts

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In collaboration with the CSSP, the Society of Surgical Oncology has developed a series of podcasts on the CoC Operative Standards. Tune in to learn more about the standards, what they are, and why they are so important.

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