By Nelson A. King
NYC Health + Hospitals/
Kings County on Tuesday
announced that The Commission
on Cancer (CoC), a quality
program of the American
College of Surgeons (ACS), has
granted three-year accreditation
to the hospital’s state-of-the-art
Cancer Care Center.
To earn voluntary CoC
accreditation, a cancer program
must meet 34 CoC quality care
standards, be evaluated every
three years through a rigorous
survey process and maintain
levels of excellence in the delivery
of comprehensive patientcentered
care.
“The multidisciplinary
approach used at top cancer
centers like NYC Health + Hospitals/
Kings County, brings the
expertise of several specialists,
including surgeons, pathologists,
oncologists, radiation
therapists, nurses, social workers
and others, to bear in customizing
treatment for each
patient,” the sprawling hospital
in the heart of the Caribbean
community in Brooklyn said in
a statement.
“This collaboration also
means that you will get the
care you need right away, rather
than waiting between appointments
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with various specialists,”
it added.
Sheldon P. McLeod, chief
executive officer at NYC Health
+ Hospitals/Kings County, said
that undergoing the comprehensive
survey process to attain
national accreditation from the
Commission on Cancer “demonstrates
that our hospital
measures our level of quality
patient care against the highest
national standards.”
“We remain dedicated to
ensuring that our cancer
patients continue to receive personalized,
advanced healthcare
services,” he said.
Dr. Steven Pulitzer, chief
medical officer at NYC Health
+Hospitals/Kings County, said:
“We have embarked on a journey
to provide the highest quality
and up-to-date cancer care to
our community.
“This is an exciting time in
medical oncology as individualized
treatments based on patient
genomics has revolutionized
treatment planning for certain
cancers,” he said. “We are early
adopters. Our patients receive
university level care at our facility
regardless of their ability to
pay for treatment.
“I am proud to be part of
the medical staff of dedicated,
mission-driven physicians as we
change the landscape of cancer
care for our community,” Dr.
Pulitzer added.
Dr. Michele Follen, chair of
the Cancer Committee at NYC
Health + Hospitals/Kings County,
said oncologists at the hospital
are “doubly boarded and have
trained in the premier institutions
in the United States.
“This nationally esteemed
accreditation is a reflection of
the ongoing commitment from
our hospital’s medical staff,” she
said. “We are dedicated to provide
the very best treatment for
our patients.
“Having our standards of care
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County earned a three-year
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reviewed favorably by the American
College of Surgeons is indicative
of the quality we deliver,”
Dr. Follen added.
Kings County Hospital said
patients who receive care at a
CoC facility also have access to
information on clinical trials
and new treatments, genetic
counseling and patient centered
services, including psycho
social support, a patient
navigation process, and a survivorship
care plan that documents
the care each patient
receives and seeks to improve
cancer survivors’ quality of
life.
“The CoC Accreditation Program
provides the framework
for NYC Health + Hospitals/
Kings County to provide continuous
quality improvement
of various cancer-related programs
that focus on the full
spectrum of cancer care including
prevention, early diagnosis,
cancer staging, optimal treatment,
rehabilitation, life-long
follow-up for recurrent disease
and end-of-life care,” the statement
said.
Kings County Hospital earns
three-year accreditation
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