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an evaluation of their entire practice and documentation
standards. The QCP™ staff and task force members then
verify through an on-site survey that the evaluation and
documents are correct and that the practices met core
standards in areas of treatment, including:
• Creating a safe environment—staffing, competencies,
and general policy
• Treatment planning, patient consent, and education
• Ordering, preparing, dispensing, and administering
chemotherapy
• Monitoring after chemotherapy is administered,
including adherence, toxicity, and complications
• Treatment planning
• Staff training and education
• Chemotherapy orders and drug preparation
• Patient consent and education
• Safe chemotherapy administration
• Monitoring and assessment of patient well-being.
previously worked at the Center, and will be returning
after spending time at the Ohio State University Medical
Center. Dr. Espinosa will be joined this coming summer
by Dr. Dimas Yusef, who is currently completing a Medical
Oncology Fellowship at the Cross Cancer Institute at the
University of Alberta.
QOPI and the QCP are projects dedicated to innovative
quality improvement programs. For more information,
please visit: http://www.instituteforquality.org/qopi-qcp.
About ASCO:
Founded in 1964, the American Society of Clinical
Oncology, Inc. (ASCO®) is committed to making a
world of difference in cancer care. As the world’s leading
organization of its kind, ASCO represents more than
40,000 oncology professionals who care for people living
with cancer. Through research, education, and promotion
of the highest-quality patient care, ASCO works to conquer
cancer and create a world where cancer is prevented or
cured, and every survivor is healthy. ASCO is supported by
its affiliate organization, the Conquer Cancer Foundation.
Learn more at www.ASCO.org, explore patient education
resources at www.Cancer.Net, and follow us on Facebook,
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Opened in 2015, the Jefferson Cary Cancer Center provides
patients a window view chemotherapy treatment area with
heated chemotherapy chairs providing additional warmth
and comfort for patients. The cancer center was also designed
so that patients receiving chemotherapy treatments have the
option of having curtains drawn for privacy, or a more open
area where they can visit with other patients experiencing
therapy.
About QOPI Certification Program LLC

QOPI Certification Program LLC is an ASCO affiliate
The Cancer Center houses offices for two oncologists, dedicated to recognizing exemplary commitment to safety
and has a warm and
and quality in oncology
inviting décor with soft
patient care. Practices
colors and natural wood
that have achieved
finishes. New cabinetry
QOPI®
Certification
and a central nurse’s
have scored well on
work station open up
key QOPI® quality
the facility creating a
measures and have met
brighter and open feel.
chemotherapy
safety
The center also features
standards
established
prints by Aroostook
by ASCO and the
County Photographer
Oncology
Nursing
Paul Cyr with local
Society
in
various
County scenery.
areas of treatment and
chemotherapy safety.
In praising the work of
the clinic, Dr. Gallagher
acknowledged the efforts
The Jefferson Cary Cancer Center team, including the
of Dr. Nadia Rajack, Hematologist/Oncologist, along with Cary Medical Center Pharmacy staff and Pines Health
the center team of clinical and support staff. “While we are Services Physicians, recently completed a three-year
disappointed that Dr. Rajack will be leaving us to complete certification program for outpatient hematology-
a Fellowship, we are most grateful for her efforts, along with oncology practices that meet nationally recognized
staff, in helping us to achieve this prestigious milestone.”
standards for quality cancer care, earning the team the
“And, we are very excited to announce the return of Dr. American Society of Clinical Oncology’s QOPI, (Quality
Allan Espinosa, a noted Hematologist/Oncologist who Oncology Practice Initiative) Certification.
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