Quality in oncology healthcare is a moving target for stakeholders (patients, healthcare providers, and payers) in systematically identifying, planning, and executing approaches to improving quality. Through an educational grant-funded 3-year Quality Improvement (QI) project, 11 NCCN Member Institutions were able to participate in the NCCN Quality Improvement in Breast Cancer Program. Goals of this program include developing and implementing evidence-based quality improvement initiatives that leverage real practice data from NCCN Member Institutions. The participating institutions identified educational opportunities, designed institution-specific action plans for improvement, and evaluated the impact of educational interventions on changes in practice and outcomes.

The culmination of the NCCN Quality Improvement in Breast Cancer initiative is this Educational Summit whereby each of the participating centers will present their institutional projects in an open forum. The intended audience includes oncology healthcare professionals, hospital administrators, Quality Improvement professionals, and payers. The NCCN Member Institutions presenting include the following: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute at the Ohio State University, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Moffitt Cancer Center.

Findings from this live meeting will appear as an accredited text supplement published in the JNCCN–Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.