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The Cayuga Cancer Center was recently presented with the 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award by the College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC). Cayuga Cancer Center is one of the select groups of only 79 US healthcare facilities with accredited cancer programs to receive this national honor for surveys preformed last year. The award acknowledges cancer programs that achieve excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients. The purpose of the award is to raise awareness on the importance of providing quality cancer care at healthcare institutions throughout the US.

In addition, it is intended to motivate other cancer programs to work toward improving their level of care and best practices, encourage honorees to serve as quality-care resources to other cancer programs and educate cancer patients on available quality-care options.

John Rudd, CEO and president of Cayuga Medical Center said “This is a true validation of the extraordinary efforts that have occurred over the past ten years at our cancer care services.  This honor was accomplished as a result of the dedicated efforts of our staff, key members of our medical staff, our community partners and our partnership with Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Kudos to all as this greatly benefits our community beyond words.”

Cayuga Cancer Center’s program was evaluated on 29 program standards categorized within one of four cancer program activity areas: Cancer Committee leadership, cancer data management, clinical services and quality improvement. Our program was further evaluated on eight commendation standards. To be eligible, all award recipients must have received commendation ratings in seven commendation standards, in addition to receiving a compliance rating for each of the 29 other standards.

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