HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center receives national Outstanding Achievement Award from Commission on Cancer
Green Bay – HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center is a recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center, which includes the experts of Green Bay Oncology (GBO) and Prevea Health, is one of a select group of only 20 U.S. health care facilities with accredited cancer programs to receive this national honor for surveys performed Jan. 1 – June 30, 2015. The award acknowledges cancer programs that achieve excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients.
“This award is a true testament to the excellent care and research delivered at HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center,” said Dr. Jules Blank, medical oncologist and hematologist with GBO and medical director of the cancer program.
The purpose of the Outstanding Achievement Award is to raise awareness on the importance of providing quality cancer care at health care institutions throughout the U.S. In addition, it is intended to:
- Motivate other cancer programs to work toward improving their level of care.
- Facilitate dialogue between award recipients and health care professionals at other cancer facilities for the purpose of sharing best practices.
- Encourage honorees to serve as quality-care resources to other cancer programs.
- Educate cancer patients on available quality-care options.
“HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center has always strived for excellence,” said Dr. Colette Salm-Schmid, Cancer Liaison Physician to the CoC for HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center. “Attaining the status as an ‘outstanding’ cancer program makes us an ideal partner to our local communities, physicians and cancer advocates. Anyone can say they are a top tier program, but we are officially recognized as a top tier program.”
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center’s program was evaluated on 34 program standards categorized within one of four cancer program activity areas: cancer committee leadership, cancer data management, clinical services, and quality improvement. The cancer program was further evaluated on seven commendation standards. To be eligible, all award recipients must have received commendation ratings in all seven commendation standards, in addition to receiving a compliance rating for each of the 27 other standards.
About HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center includes the largest group of oncologists in Northeast Wisconsin and provides patients access to state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment technologies, as well as multiple supportive therapies at HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center and HSHS St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls. The program has demonstrated quality and outcomes commensurate with leading cancer centers across the country. It partners with community hospitals throughout Northeast Wisconsin through the HSHS St. Vincent Cancer Care Collaborative to offer patients quality, compassionate care closer to home. HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center has been accredited by the Commission on Cancer for more than 55 years – currently recognized as an Integrated Network Cancer Program – the highest level of accreditation possible for a non-teaching hospital. With decades of experience and a passion to provide patients the best care possible, HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center works directly with the National Cancer Institute to bring people in the Northeast Wisconsin region access to the newest, leading-edge cancer clinical trials, drugs and prevention studies. HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center, Marshfield Clinic and Gundersen Medical Foundation work together as WiNCORP, a division of the National Cancer Institute’s National Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP). In 2014, the NCI awarded WiNCORP a $12.5 million grant to expand their clinical research over the next five years.
About Hospital Sisters Health System
Hospital Sisters Health System’s mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality Franciscan health care ministry. Sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our 14 Local Systems and physician practices in Illinois (Belleville, Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Highland, Litchfield, Springfield and Streator) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, and two in Green Bay). For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org.
About Prevea Health
Prevea Health’s mission is to care for people with passion, pride, and respect. Founded in 1996, Prevea Health partners with HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay, HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan, HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls, to provide access to more than 200 physicians in more than 60 specialty areas. Prevea has more than 38 locations throughout the greater Green Bay area and in Luxemburg, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Lena, Gillett, Suring, Mountain, Plymouth, Pulaski, Seymour, Sheboygan, Sturgeon Bay and Chippewa Falls. For more information, visit www.prevea.com.
About Green Bay Oncology
Green Bay Oncology founder Paul D. Koch, MD, was Northeast Wisconsin’s first medical oncologist, beginning his practice in 1976. Green Bay Oncology is the region’s most experienced group of cancer experts, with eight medical oncology physicians and seven nurse practitioners, plus a support staff of more than 125. All Green Bay Oncology physicians are double and triple board certified, demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to being relentless in the fight against cancer. In the U.S., board certification is a voluntary process that illustrates a physician’s exceptional expertise in a particular specialty.
Today, Green Bay Oncology is the region’s largest group of certified hematologists and medical oncologists, serving thousands of patients each year through its Green Bay locations at HSHS St. Vincent Hospital, HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center and the Hemophilia Outreach Center. We believe that the people of Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan should not have to travel a great distance to receive the very best cancer care. For decades, we have brought the nation’s leading treatment options to Green Bay and surrounding communities. There are also locations in Sturgeon Bay, Oconto Falls, Marinette, Escanaba and Manistique, Michigan. Over 40,000 patients have been treated by Green Bay Oncology.
In 2014, Green Bay Oncology was named a Guardian of Excellence Award winner by Press Ganey acknowledging top-performing facilities that consistently achieved the 95th percentile in Patient Experience. The Guardian of Excellence Award is a nationally-recognized symbol of achievement in health care. Green Bay Oncology consistently sustained performance in the top 5% of Press Ganey’s 11,000 health care clients for each reporting period during the course of one year.
Green Bay Oncology leads the region in providing access to new treatments and improved outcomes through the HSHS St. Vincent Regional Cancer Center and WiNCORP. The providers have a commitment to improving the health and well-being of others by bringing the most advanced and promising new cancer treatment options to the people of our region and by contributing to the discovery of new treatments and prevention strategies.
For more information about Green Bay Oncology, visit www.gboncology.com.
About the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
Established in 1922 by the ACS, the CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving patient outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients through standard-setting, prevention, research, education and the monitoring of comprehensive quality care. The CoC provides the public with information on the resources, services and cancer treatment experience for each CoC-accredited cancer program. The CoC’s accreditation program encourages hospitals, treatment centers, and other facilities to improve their quality of patient care through various cancer-related programs. For more information on the CoC, visit www.facs.org/cancer/index.html (.)
