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On November 6, 2011, ACS CAN premiered its second-ever national television ad on Meet the Press to ask Congress to remember the lives lost to cancer and the 12 million cancer survivors living in America at the time. ACS CAN produced the ad to push to Congress to make cancer a national priority when addressing the country’s budget deficit.
The use of certified EHR technology for electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of health care. The use of certified EHR technology to submit clinical quality and other measures. In other words, providers need to show they're using certified EHR technology in ways that can be measured significantly in quality and in ...
Collaboration between numerous professional organizations served as the driving force behind the creation of the NAPRC and its standards. [8] To create the new standards and address the disparities between treatment in Europe and the U.S., the OSTRiCh (Optimizing Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer) Consortium was created by the American College of Surgeons and its Commission on Cancer (CoC ...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. Established in 1913, the society is organized into six geographical regions of both medical and lay volunteers operating in more than 250 Regional offices throughout the United States. [ 1 ]
DeSalvo became National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on January 13, 2014, [11] after serving as Health Commissioner for the City of New Orleans and Senior Health Policy Advisor to New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu. The role of National Coordinator is responsible for developing and executing the nation's Health Information ...
The ACS was founded in 1913 as an outgrowth of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America that had existed since 1910 as an outgrowth of the journal Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, an initiative of ACS Founder Dr. Franklin H. Martin.
Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009: Established a policy of assistance and support for Uganda: 111-173: May 27, 2010 (No short title) Clarified the status of health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs in light of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 111-174: May 27, 2010
To that end, Congress passed Public Law 99-166 in December 1985 which mandated the VHA to report their outcomes in comparison to national averages and the information must be risk-adjusted to account for the severity of illness of the VHA surgical patient population. In 1991 the National VA Surgical Risk Study (NVASRS) began in 44 Veteran's ...