“This certification is another example of our commitment to provide the highest in quality care by voluntarily holding our practice to the highest of standards,” said Heather Riggs, M.D., one of the physicians with Reid Oncology Associates. “And our patients already are very familiar with the compassionate care provided by our team members, who walk with them every step of their journey.”
ASCO President Clifford A. Hudis, M.D., FACP, said, “QOPI® is designed by clinical experts in oncology to give practices the ability to continuously improve the quality of care they provide. The QOPI® Certification Program helps practices determine whether they are providing the best possible treatment and care to their patients and demonstrates their commitment to excellence and lifelong learning.”
Craig Kinyon, Reid President/CEO, said the certification is another example of numerous voluntary efforts by the Reid team of physicians and caregivers to strive for excellence, “in addition to an equally recognized dedication to compassionate care that goes the extra mile in taking care of the needs of patients and their families.” He said the oncology team makes individual care “very personal” that sets the patient experience apart. “These are the efforts that have given Reid such a great reputation for unsurpassed quality and yet genuinely personal care we provide patients and families every day,” Kinyon said.
QOPI® is a voluntary, self-assessment and improvement program launched by ASCO in 2006 to help hematology-oncology and medical oncology practices assess the quality of the care they provide to patients. Through the QOPI program, practices abstract data from patients’ records up to twice per year and enter this information into a secure database. More than 850 oncology practices have registered in the QOPI program.
The QOPI® Certification Program (QCP™) was launched in January 2010, with more than 200 practices already certified. This certification for outpatient oncology practices is the first program of its kind for oncology in the United States. Oncologists can achieve certification by meeting the highest standards of care. The QCP seal designates those practices that not only scored high on the key QOPI quality measures, but meet rigorous chemotherapy safety standards established by ASCO and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).
QOPI® analyzes individual practice data and compares these to more than 160 evidence-based and consensus quality measures. The information is then provided in reports to participating practices. Individual practices are also able to compare their performance to data from other practices across the country. Based on this feedback, doctors and practices can identify areas for improvement.
To become certified, practices have to submit to an evaluation of their entire practice and documentation standards. The QCP staff and steering group members then verify through on-site inspection that the evaluation and documents are correct and that the practices met core standards in areas of treatment, including:
- treatment planning;
- staff training and education;
- chemotherapy orders and drug preparation;
- patient consent and education;
- safe chemotherapy administration;
- monitoring and assessment of patient well-being.
The QOPI Certification Program is a project of ASCO’s Institute for Quality, an ASCO affiliate dedicated to innovative quality improvement programs. For more information, please visit: http://qopi.asco.org/certification.html.
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