Cancer Center Accreditations
Quality
Many independent third parties have recognized Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center in clinical affiliation with South Shore Health for the quality of our care.
The Breast Care Center and the Multi-Specialty Clinic earned the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience—five years in a row. The award honors those who have reached the 95th percentile for patient experience and is awarded annually to those who sustain performance in the top 5 percent for each reporting period.
South Shore Hospital is pleased to announce that its breast imaging program was recently designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Less than 25% of breast imaging facilities in Massachusetts have been awarded this distinction.
Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center in clinical affiliation with South Shore Health is an ACR Lung Cancer Screening Registry™ (LCSR) is approved by CMS to enable providers to meet quality reporting requirements for receiving Medicare CT lung cancer screening payment. Participants receive quarterly reports for their facility, with peer comparisons, as well as data for individual physicians to help refine and improve lung cancer screening for everyone.
Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center in clinical affiliation with South Shore Health is a QOPI Certified Practice. It is an acknowledgement that this practice meets certain defined quality and safety standards in the administration of cancer care.