From the Editor

Quality care is a team effort


 

Everyone in community oncology practice has a role to play in the delivery of quality care. If you are looking to implement a quality program, each member of the practice, patients included, should be involved in the planning, implementing, reporting, and revising processes. Once those processes are in place, the practice can set up partnerships with payers based on standardized measures, costs, and outcomes, with appropriate payments.

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