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NCCN Oncology Outcomes Database Project

The NCCN Oncology Outcomes Database Project is a network-based data collection, reporting, and analytic system that describes the patterns and outcomes of care delivered in the management of patients with cancer. The concept for the Project was established in 1996, and the operation of the first database in breast cancer was initiated in July of 1997. With the NCCN Oncology Outcomes Database Project, NCCN seeks to implement the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ through performance measurement. The objectives for data collection and reporting are to:

• Describe the patterns of care within NCCN Member Institutions
• Measure concordance of practice in NCCN Member Institutions with NCCN Guidelines recommendations
• Evaluate the outcomes of such practice patterns
• Deliver benchmarked data to participating NCCN Member Institutions, practicing physicians, and NCCN Guidelines Panels to facilitate the continuous improvement of the quality of cancer care
• Identify the most efficient and cost-effective strategies for the management of common oncologic conditions
• Offer benchmarking capabilities to NCCN Member Institutions comparing network data, institutional data, and, eventually, community data
• Create a major research resource and repository of data for clinical and health service researchers to access and derive hypothesis-generated analyses

Presently, the NCCN Oncology Outcomes Database Project has five active database components: breast, colon/rectal, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, non-small cell lung, and ovarian.