Breaking Barriers Quality Improvement Collaborative Yields Toolkit and Webinar

Breaking Barriers Toolkit
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Sharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship®, and CONQUER: the journey informed™, just completed a quality initiative project with a group from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) that identified barriers to cancer patients receiving timely and complete radiation therapy, and sustainable solutions to address these barriers.
“It was an opportunity to promote oncology patient navigation as a best practice for addressing barriers to care that could be adapted to varied practice environments beyond radiation oncology,” she says.
The institutions that participated were able to fulfill one CoC credit or National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) credit selecting from Standards for Quality Improvement (QI) Initiative 7.3 or Addressing Barriers to Care 8.1.
One resource that was developed was a Breaking Barriers Toolkit with strategies to increase patient compliance with cancer treatment. The Toolkit is organized by the most prevalent barriers to care, as identified through QI participants - (1) transportation issues, (2) illness unrelated to treatment toxicity/no longer wishing to pursue treatment, and (3) conflicting appointments.
The educational webinar series and slides that supported this project can be found at Breaking Barriers Quality Improvement Collaborative website and is an excellent resource for any oncology program that identifies missed radiation treatments as a barrier to care.

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