- Kent Hospital’s structured communication program improved adherence and outcomes for MPN patients through personalized education and support.
- The ACCC’s Quality Improvement Program guided Kent Hospital in implementing best practices and supportive care strategies for MPN management.
Besides Kent Hospital, the Association of Cancer Care Centers worked with Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hospital and Charleston Area Medical Center Vandalia Health in Charleston, West Virginia.
Learning to be better listeners, as part of formalized approach to patient communication and support, paid dividends in better adherence to treatment and other improvements among patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) at Kent Hospital in Kent County, Rhode Island, according to a summary published by the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC).1
Over a 3-year period ending in 2024, ACCC implemented its Advancing Care for Patients with Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Quality Improvement Program, with twin goals of promoting best practices in management of patients with MPNs and allowing its partner institutions to develop actionable quality improvement plans over a 6-month period.
Besides Kent Hospital, ACCC worked with Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hospital and Charleston Area Medical Center Vandalia Health in Charleston, West Virginia. ACCC published summaries of each institution’s experience on its website as well as an overview of the program and the MPN landscape. A previously published report focused on Perlmutter’s experience…