What are the responsibilities of the Cancer Liaison Physician?
A. The main activities we ask Cancer Liaison Physicians to be involved in include the following: working with staff to promote the facility’s CoC approval and make the program visible; attending and contributing to the cancer committee; using NCDB data to study cancer care, improvement initiatives and opportunities; spearheading initiatives to comply with CoC standards (i.e. quality data submission and review and cancer staging accuracy); and finally, facilitating the relationship with the American Cancer Society (ACS) Note: Web conferences on the role of the CLP are scheduled every other month details can be found at http://www.facs.org/cancer/coc/liaison.html.
