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Raising the Bar for Breast Health Care in the United States

Authors: Meena S, Moran; M Tish, Knobf;

Raising the Bar for Breast Health Care in the United States

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Annually, nearly 39 million women undergo mammography in the United States (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2011), approximately 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and 40,000 women die of the disease (Jemal et al., 2009). As such, breast health remains a critical area focus not only for clinicians, but also for health care policy analysts, researchers, and payers. There has been a recent evolution to standardize the delivery of breast health care (BHC) across the nation, with defined guidelines, quality indicators (QI), and expectations for treating physicians. Why is the dissemination of this information important? As these initiatives in BHC gain acceptance and provide standards for practice and benchmarks for QI, the value of breast physician-specialists and breast programs meeting national standards and striving to deliver quality care will be realized, with the hope that participants in these initiatives will be identified (and distinguished) for their continued participation in these national “validation” processes, and ultimately, will improve upon the multidisciplinary care/ outcomes for breast cancer.

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Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Comprehensive Health Care, Cancer Care Facilities, Medical Oncology, Delivery of Health Care, United States, Mammography, Quality of Health Care

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