CoC Accredidation

The Florida Hospital Cancer Institute (FHCI) is accredited by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) as a Community Hospital - Comprehensive Cancer Program (COMP). To earn this accreditation, FHCI demonstrated it diagnoses 650 or more newly diagnosed cancer cases each year and provides a full range of diagnostic and treatment services. Our physicians are board certified in the major medical specialties and actively participate in clinical research.

CoC Cancer Program Standards promote consultation among surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, and other cancer specialists. This multidisciplinary cooperation results in improved patient care.

Five elements are key to the success of a CoC-accredited cancer program:

1. The clinical services provide state-of-the-art pretreatment evaluation, staging, treatment and clinical follow-up for cancer patients seen at the facility for primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary care.
2. The cancer committee leads the program through setting goals, monitoring activity, evaluating patient outcomes, and improving care.
3. The cancer conferences provide a forum for patient consultation and contribute to physician education.
4. The quality improvement program is the mechanism for evaluating and improving patient outcomes.
5. The cancer registry and database is the basis for monitoring the quality of care.

For more information on the CoC Accreditation, please visit www.facs.org/cancer.