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View article: Obtaining BMT Programmatic Feedback for Performance and Quality Improvements
Obtaining BMT Programmatic Feedback for Performance and Quality Improvements Open
Over the last year, the Medical City Dallas Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program quality management team implemented a formal process to solicit feedback from the processing facility, collection facility, and the clinical programs wit…
View article: How Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network (SCBCN) Uses Historical Data to Benchmark Survival, Transplant Related Mortality, Engraftment and GVHD for Performance Improvement
How Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network (SCBCN) Uses Historical Data to Benchmark Survival, Transplant Related Mortality, Engraftment and GVHD for Performance Improvement Open
PurposeTo describe how SCBCN uses CIBMTR Portal data to define internal program benchmarks.Effective benchmarking is a way of establishing standards to detect performance gaps and potential causes contributing to performance levels [1Bench…
View article: Improving Quality Manager (QM) Workload Management in Order to Increase Their Resiliency and Effectiveness in Contributing to Program Success
Improving Quality Manager (QM) Workload Management in Order to Increase Their Resiliency and Effectiveness in Contributing to Program Success Open
BackgroundThe QM's capacity to be resilient during change is a critical skillset. Since 2017, the ASBMT Administrative Directors SIG Quality Working Group and the FACT Quality Management Committee have collaborated to identify opportunitie…
View article: Improving Quality Manager (QM) Resiliency with Open Communication and Trust between the QM and Program and Organizational Leaders
Improving Quality Manager (QM) Resiliency with Open Communication and Trust between the QM and Program and Organizational Leaders Open
BackgroundThe QM role in the field of transplantation and cellular therapies is specialized. QMs may be at risk for stress and burnout, which results in low resiliency/less ability to recharge during change. Since 2017, the ASBMT Administr…
View article: Increasing Work Resilience of the Quality Manager (QM) in Order to Improve Their Effectiveness in Contributing to Program Success
Increasing Work Resilience of the Quality Manager (QM) in Order to Improve Their Effectiveness in Contributing to Program Success Open
Topic Significance & Study Purpose/Background/Rationale: Resilience, in the traditional view, encompasses recovery in the aftermath of change or a stressful event; however, social science is expanding the scope to focus on recharge. The ca…
View article: FACT Assessment: Successful Inspection via Web-Based Electronic Platform Utilizing Comaiba Primed
FACT Assessment: Successful Inspection via Web-Based Electronic Platform Utilizing Comaiba Primed Open
Topic Significance & Study Purpose/Background/Rationale: FACT assessments have traditionally been managed via paper or Excel based platforms. This results in complex processes and creation of multiple binders of documents to demonstrate co…
View article: Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Multicenter Analysis From the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Multicenter Analysis From the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network Open
Background: Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and carries a poor prognosis. Given the high rates of neurotoxicity associated with whole brain radiotherapy, there has been considerable…
View article: Implementation of a Program Assessment Across a Network of 7 HCT Programs to Assess Risks Associated with Clinical Outcome Based on the 2015 Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) Transplant Center-Specific Survival Report
Implementation of a Program Assessment Across a Network of 7 HCT Programs to Assess Risks Associated with Clinical Outcome Based on the 2015 Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) Transplant Center-Specific Survival Report Open
Background: In 2006 the CIBMTR was awarded a contract from HRSA to administer the Stem Cell Therapeutic Outcomes Database of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. A risk-adjusted one-year survival rate is calculated by CIBMTR f…
View article: Leveraging a Software Application to Proactively Manage Compliance and Regulatory Standards Within a HCT Program
Leveraging a Software Application to Proactively Manage Compliance and Regulatory Standards Within a HCT Program Open
Background: Utilizing the HCT workflow application, StafaCT, the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network (SCBCN) identified an opportunity to create an electronic, proactive, compliance monitoring system. Due to the regulations within the indust…
View article: Meta-Planning Between the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation to Promote Quality Improvement Across Transplant Programs
Meta-Planning Between the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation to Promote Quality Improvement Across Transplant Programs Open
The Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) has required programs to maintain rigorous quality management programs since its inception in 1996. More recently, increased demand for quality processes and measures has exte…
View article: Proactive Quality Manager Replacement and Succession Planning is Vital to Seamless Viability of Hematopoietic Cellular Transplantation (HCT) Program Quality Management
Proactive Quality Manager Replacement and Succession Planning is Vital to Seamless Viability of Hematopoietic Cellular Transplantation (HCT) Program Quality Management Open
All FACT accredited HCT programs must have a designated Quality Manager to establish and maintain systems to review, modify, and approve all policies and procedures intended to monitor compliance with standards and/or the performance of th…
View article: Seventy Nine Miles, Two Sites and One Fact Accreditation: Integrating Effective Quality Management Between Two Affiliated but Physically Remote Hematopoietic Cellular Transplantation (HCT) Facilities
Seventy Nine Miles, Two Sites and One Fact Accreditation: Integrating Effective Quality Management Between Two Affiliated but Physically Remote Hematopoietic Cellular Transplantation (HCT) Facilities Open
In Texas, St. David's South Austin Medical Center (SDSAMC) and Texas Transplant Institute (TTI), Methodist Hospital System (MHS), members of the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network (SCBCN), are facilities physically separated by 79 miles and…
View article: Common Themes Identified By Bringing Together the BMT Quality Community to Promote Process and Outcomes Improvement
Common Themes Identified By Bringing Together the BMT Quality Community to Promote Process and Outcomes Improvement Open
The Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) and The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) collaborated to present the first FACT-ASBMT Quality Boot Camp in conjunction with the 2016 BMT Tandem Me…
View article: Standardization of BMT Quality Manager Job Description, Orientation and Training
Standardization of BMT Quality Manager Job Description, Orientation and Training Open
Even before the time that standards for "Quality Manager" roles were instituted by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), it was common practice for cellular therapy programs and cord blood banks to designate an i…
View article: Network Standardization of an HCT Annual Report
Network Standardization of an HCT Annual Report Open
The Foundation for the Accreditation for Cellular Therapy (FACT) has recognized several annual reports created and used by the seven cellular therapy programs within the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network (SCBCN) as commendable practices. T…
View article: Creating an Effective Network Quality Committee Structure and Process
Creating an Effective Network Quality Committee Structure and Process Open
Established in 2011, the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network (SCBCN) is a consortium of cellular therapy programs established to derive benefit from the collective expertise and the use of performance data to develop best practices and enhan…