On March 1, 2024, ACCC elected a new president and board of trustees for the 2024 -2025 term. CANCER BUZZ interviews outgoing President, Lekan Ajayi, and incoming President, Nadine Barrett, about their respective ACCC President’s Themes, the programs and resources ACCC developed in the past year, the state of the oncology workforce, ACCC’s role in improving health equity, the Association’s 50th Anniversary, and more.
Guest:
Lekan Ajayi
Immediate Past President, Association of Cancer Care Centers
Chief Operating Officer
Highlands Oncology Group, Fayetteville, Arkansas
“[Last year] ACCC set out to rebuild and upskill the workforce to deliver the next generation oncology care...it’s been enlightening, and there's been so much learning that’s been made available…I think through the power of sharing, we can all be better together.”
“The oncology workforce. currently is at a point of inflection really. I think what we know now is that we need to invest to be better…what we've been able to do is create a popular awareness amongst leaders in the industry of the need to invest in the workforce and also to give them tools to be able to do exactly that.”
Nadine Barrett
President, Association of Cancer Care Centers
Professor of Social Science and Health Policy
Senior Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Equity Research
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest School of Medicine
“Health equity is part of the core of ACCC, to want to advance equity, to want to think about what health equity and cancer looks like…ACCC is very much committed to recognizing that it takes a national and global community to create the change.”
Resources:
Reimagining Community Engagement and Health Equity in Cancer
Re(Building) the Oncology Workforce to Deliver Next Generation Care
The Importance of Developing Health Equity Initiatives
Social Drivers of Health: The Role or Representation in the Health Care Workforce
A Look at the Emerging Role of Health Equity Institutes
Population Health Navigators: An Innovative Approach for Supporting Underserved Patients
Prioritizing a Multidisciplinary Team Approach in the Care of Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer
Nurses’ Role in Oral Oncolytics for CLL
A Conversation with ACCC Board Member Dr. Nadine Barrett
Improving Clinical Efficiency: EHR & MPN10 Integration
Multi-Cancer Early Detection: Legislative Landscape
Optimizing SCLC Patient Outcomes Through Multidisciplinary Care Coordination
Advanced Skin Cancer Care for Rural Populations
The Importance of Having Difficult Conversations with Patients
Engaging Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer in Clinical Trials
Social Media as a Platform to Deliver Patient Education
Navigating Cancer Diagnostics – A Closer Look at the Role of the Precision Medicine Steward
Technology That is Transforming Cancer Care
Is It time to Cancel the Term “A Cure for Cancer”
Overcoming Health Disparities through Remote Patient Monitoring
Financial Barriers to Oral Cancer Therapies
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LIVE from NOC: Building Sustainable Coalitions in Your Community
LIVE from NOC: A Support Program to Improve Staff Well-Being
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