The Executive Diagnostic and Governance Toolkit
Mastering Oncology Care Coordination at Scale
Score your own function red, amber or green, find out which part is weakest, and walk into the next budget round able to defend what you want to fix. Built for leaders reviewing decide which technology platform to adopt for scaling patient navigation across regional networks.
Each order is checked and updated against the latest insights before delivery. That is why access takes up to 24 hours rather than being instant.
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You stop guessing where you stand. You finish with a score, not an opinion: every part of your function rated red, amber or green, with the weakest ranked first. Evidence: a Quick Scan for the shape of it, then seven domain assessments of 30 scored questions each, 210 in all, rolled into one scorecard, plus a maturity radar and a current-versus-target gap analysis. |
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You can defend the decision. You walk into the budget round with the gap named, the owner named and done defined, instead of a case built on instinct. Evidence: project charter, scope statement, RACI, requirements traceability and work breakdown structure, pre-filled in your domain's language. |
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The work actually moves. The month after the decision is already built, so nothing stalls waiting for someone to design a form. Evidence: more than 60 project templates across all five PMBOK process groups, plus runbooks, SOPs, a KPI framework, audit checklists and a risk matrix. 55 to 65 files in total. |
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You use it the day it lands. No blank templates to interpret. Every workbook opens with what it is, who uses it, when, how, a 1 to 5 scoring guide, what good looks like, and a worked example you delete and type over. |
The situation this is built for
As a chief medical officer, you’re accountable for outcomes across a regional oncology network. Yet patient navigation often operates in silos, with inconsistent follow-up, fragmented communication between providers, and no standardized process for managing transitions from diagnosis to survivorship. Initiatives start strong but stall without clear ownership, clinical workflows, or alignment with care teams. You’re expected to deliver coordinated care, but lack a structured way to assess where your model stands—or what to build next.
Who this is for
Chief medical officer of a regional health system or integrated delivery network with oncology services across multiple sites
Who this is not for
This is not for nurses, schedulers, or technology buyers. It is not for those seeking vendor comparisons or software implementation guides.
What you walk away with
- Define the current state of your oncology care coordination model
- Identify gaps in clinical workflows and care team integration
- Align leadership on decision rights for patient navigation
- Design a scalable care coordination operating model
- Implement structured handoffs across diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship
How this maps to your situation
- Assessing current care coordination maturity
- Designing team structure and accountability
- Standardizing clinical pathways and handoffs
- Sustaining improvement through governance
Before vs. after
What's included with your purchase
- 12 modules with 12 chapters each (144 chapters)
- Downloadable templates and worked examples for every module
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Delivery and format
- Course and learning environment access provisioned within 24 hours of purchase
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
Format: Text-based modules and chapters in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every chapter, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
Time investment: Approximately 3-4 hours per module, designed for busy clinical leaders. Total investment: 36–48 hours over 12 weeks.
How this compares to the alternatives
Unlike generic care management courses or vendor-led training, this program focuses exclusively on the clinical leadership decisions required to design, scale, and sustain oncology care coordination. It does not promote tools or platforms. It equips you to lead the work.
Also included: the full course, for when you want the reasoning behind a finding (12 modules, 144 chapters)
Depth reference. The diagnostic and the templates stand on their own; this is what to read when you want the reasoning behind a finding.
- Mapping the full continuum of cancer care from diagnosis to survivorship
- Identifying the core responsibilities of a care coordination team
- Differentiating navigation from case management and care management
- Assessing the role of the oncologist in care coordination
- Defining handoff points between primary care and oncology teams
- Clarifying the responsibilities during treatment transitions
- Understanding the impact of care coordination on clinical outcomes
- Measuring patient engagement across the care journey
- Documenting current coordination practices across sites
- Evaluating the consistency of patient education delivery
- Reviewing the integration of psychosocial support services
- Establishing accountability for longitudinal care planning
- Auditing referral processing times from diagnosis to first visit
- Tracking time to treatment initiation across tumor types
- Evaluating the consistency of care plan documentation
- Mapping communication patterns between care team members
- Analyzing patient no-show rates by care phase
- Reviewing the use of standardized intake assessments
- Identifying delays in pathology and imaging follow-up
- Assessing the timeliness of genetic counseling referrals
- Measuring time to symptom management interventions
- Evaluating the integration of palliative care consultations
- Documenting patient-reported outcome collection frequency
- Reviewing care team huddle effectiveness and attendance
- Defining the roles of nurse navigators and care coordinators
- Assigning responsibilities for treatment scheduling and follow-up
- Establishing decision-making authority for care plan adjustments
- Integrating social workers into the core care team
- Clarifying reporting lines for coordination staff
- Determining staffing ratios by patient volume and acuity
- Designing onboarding and training programs for new team members
- Creating career progression paths for care coordinators
- Setting expectations for team communication and documentation
- Developing protocols for escalation of patient concerns
- Aligning team structure with tumor board participation
- Evaluating team performance using clinical and operational metrics
- Identifying high-variation cancer types requiring standardization
- Mapping decision points from diagnosis through treatment
- Incorporating molecular testing into initial workup protocols
- Standardizing referral timing for radiation and surgical oncology
- Defining criteria for clinical trial eligibility screening
- Integrating patient preferences into treatment planning
- Creating templates for multidisciplinary care plan documentation
- Establishing time benchmarks for each care phase
- Aligning care pathways with payer requirements
- Updating pathways based on new clinical guidelines
- Tracking adherence to recommended care sequences
- Evaluating deviations and documenting rationale
- Selecting validated symptom tracking tools for routine use
- Determining frequency of patient-reported outcome collection
- Integrating PRO data into the electronic health record
- Training staff to respond to elevated symptom scores
- Establishing thresholds for clinical intervention
- Documenting patient-reported functional status changes
- Linking symptom data to care team huddle agendas
- Using PROs to trigger survivorship planning
- Measuring patient engagement with reporting tools
- Evaluating the impact of PROs on emergency department utilization
- Aligning PRO collection with reimbursement incentives
- Ensuring patient language accessibility in reporting tools
- Defining the end of active treatment for coordination purposes
- Creating transition checklists for survivorship handoff
- Assigning responsibility for long-term care planning
- Scheduling survivorship care plan delivery
- Coordinating follow-up with primary care providers
- Tracking recurrence screening intervals by cancer type
- Managing transfer of care to palliative or hospice teams
- Documenting goals of care discussions in the medical record
- Ensuring continuity of psychosocial support services
- Evaluating patient understanding of care transition
- Measuring time from treatment completion to survivorship visit
- Auditing the completeness of transition documentation
- Identifying misaligned incentives in care delivery
- Linking performance metrics to care coordination goals
- Designing accountability frameworks for team leaders
- Establishing shared quality targets across sites
- Aligning compensation models with coordination outcomes
- Creating transparency in referral and transfer patterns
- Measuring site-level adherence to care pathways
- Reporting care coordination metrics to governance boards
- Incorporating patient experience scores into evaluations
- Recognizing teams for consistent care delivery
- Addressing resistance to centralized coordination standards
- Evaluating the impact of alignment on care equity
- Standardizing care team huddle agendas and frequency
- Defining required attendees for multidisciplinary planning
- Creating templates for care plan summaries
- Establishing protocols for urgent patient updates
- Integrating care coordinators into tumor board discussions
- Setting expectations for response times to patient messages
- Using secure messaging for care team communication
- Documenting care decisions in a shared record
- Ensuring language concordance in patient communication
- Training staff on empathetic communication techniques
- Measuring care team satisfaction with communication tools
- Evaluating the clarity of care plan explanations to patients
- Selecting process metrics for care coordination
- Tracking time from abnormal screening to diagnosis
- Measuring adherence to guideline-recommended intervals
- Evaluating patient-reported experience scores
- Monitoring symptom escalation response times
- Assessing care plan completion rates
- Tracking patient no-show rates by coordination model
- Measuring time to supportive care referrals
- Calculating care coordination team capacity utilization
- Analyzing readmission rates by care phase
- Evaluating patient understanding of treatment goals
- Benchmarking performance across network sites
- Defining the role of clinical leadership in oversight
- Establishing a network-level care coordination committee
- Setting meeting frequency and agenda structure
- Documenting decisions on pathway changes and updates
- Creating escalation paths for unresolved care issues
- Reviewing audit findings from coordination audits
- Incorporating patient advisory input into governance
- Reporting outcomes to executive leadership
- Tracking implementation of governance recommendations
- Evaluating the impact of policy changes on care delivery
- Ensuring representation from all care sites
- Aligning governance goals with system-wide strategy
- Mapping care coordination access by zip code and language
- Identifying barriers to timely care for vulnerable populations
- Creating workflows for transportation and housing needs
- Training staff on cultural humility and bias mitigation
- Ensuring interpreter services are integrated into care plans
- Tracking disparities in time to treatment initiation
- Evaluating patient engagement by demographic group
- Designing outreach programs for underserved communities
- Integrating community health workers into care teams
- Measuring patient trust in care coordination services
- Adjusting staffing models to meet community needs
- Reporting equity metrics to governance committees
- Creating a process for regular care pathway review
- Incorporating new evidence into clinical workflows
- Establishing feedback loops from care teams
- Conducting root cause analysis of care delays
- Updating training materials based on team input
- Measuring the impact of process changes
- Sharing best practices across network sites
- Recognizing teams for innovation in care delivery
- Evaluating new technologies for workflow integration
- Assessing patient feedback for service improvements
- Planning for leadership transitions in care teams
- Maintaining momentum through annual strategic reviews
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