5th National Executive Leadership Conference on Breast Centers of Excellence 2012

Key Topics

• Providing integrated, innovative, cost-effective and high-quality care to maximize competitive advantage by
• Creating a State of the Art Comprehensive Breast Center to enhance workflow and efficiency and improve patient care
• Improving Patient Care through Interdisciplinary Breast Care Management
• Accreditation program for breast centers
• EMR Implementation solutions: Use of the electronic health record in the breast center
• Patient Advocacy and Navigation
• Reimbursement update
• Measuring the quality of care within a Breast Center
• Practical issues in multidisciplinary management of breast cancer
• Utilizing the most-up-to-date technology
• Strategies on comprehensive coverage, outcomes measurement and centralized billing
• Forming an interdisciplinary approach to achieve excellence in breast care and management
• Improving patient care through interdisciplinary breast cancer management
• Finances of Breast Imaging
• Coordination of Care - Navigating a patient from point of screening mammogram through to completion of breast cancer treatment
• The Cancer Paradigm Shift-- Who will take care of the breast cancer survivor?
• Breast Center Workflow
• Recruitment and enrollment of patients in clinical trials
• Breast Imaging; proven/canned pathways that work, with emphasis on easy start up
• Productivity benchmarks for Breast Center Staff members
• Care Plans
• Quality of Life and Survivorship Issues
• Building a Breast Center
• Genomic Profiling and implications for practice survivorship/treatment summary development
• Helping connect and keep current varying levels of institutions and sizes

Who should Attend

Clinical and Administrative Leaders Representing Academic Medical Centers, Community Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities and Health Systems, including Administrative Directors of Breast Centers, Breast Health Coordinators, Clinical Coordinators, Director of Nursing, Breast Surgeons, Medical Directors, Directors of Breast Imaging, Directors/VPs of Oncology and Directors/VPs of Women’s Health Services.