ACS awards 20 cancer care facilities for outstanding achievement

Editor's Note

The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) on August 23 granted its mid-year 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award to 20 accredited US cancer programs.

The purposed of the award is to:

• raise the bar on quality cancer care
• recognize programs that achieve excellence in providing quality cancer care
• motivate other cancer programs to improve their level of care
• facilitate dialogue between facilities to share best practices
• encourage award recipients to serve as quality-care resources for other cancer programs.

The ACS Commission on Cancer has granted its mid-year 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award to a select group of 20 accredited cancer programs.