Shands Jacksonville has received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer as part of the American College of Surgeons Teaching Hospital Cancer Program.
This accreditation makes Shands Jacksonville the only Commission on Cancer-approved teaching hospital in Northeast Florida. The center received its accreditation in December 2009.
“Eighty percent of the cancer care in the United States is provided by Commission on Cancer-approved institutions, which constitute 20 percent of all hospitals in this country,” said Carmine Volpe, MD, a University of Florida associate professor of surgery and director of the UF&Shands Jacksonville Cancer Center.
The Commission on Cancer Accreditation Program encourages healthcare organizations, treatment centers and other facilities to improve their quality of patient care through a variety of cancer-related programs. The focus of these programs is prevention, early diagnosis, pretreatment evaluation, staging, optimal treatment, rehabilitation, surveillance for recurrent disease, support services, and terminal care.
For more information about the cancer program at Shands Jacksonville, call (904) 244-3294.