Across various focus areas and sub-aims, the Midwest Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (Midwest QIN-QIO), works in cancer prevention as part of our quality improvement work in our foundational priorities of Prevention and Chronic Disease Management, and Patient Safety.
When providers partner with us, they receive some cancer prevention tools at no cost. And with February being Cancer Awareness Month, now is the perfect time to go over our work with cancer prevention.
How we help with Cancer Prevention
Midwest QIN-QIO is focused on insuring that interventions are effective in achieving results for the serviced providers and outpatient clinical practices.
In this scope of work (the 13th) QIN-QIOs shall frame their interventions strategies to reduce harm in outpatient settings by improving workflow and process for accurate identification and early diagnosis or cancers, vascular events and infections.
We also help patients work with Obesity Management, Nutrition, and Physical Activity. Patients who are overweight and obese are at higher risk of developing chronic medical conditions such as Type II diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, musculoskeletal conditions and various cancers.
In this scope of work, we will implement interventions to address the needs identified in the assessment of regions inclusive of the A3C model, and we will focus our efforts on many areas including safety events like medical diagnosis delays and errors for cancers, vascular events and infections.
To learn more about our Patient Safety and our Prevention and Chronic Disease Management work contact our experts on our website by visiting our Patient Safety page and Chronic Disease Management page.
Cancer Statistics and How Cancer Can Be Prevented
An estimated 795,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled due to misdiagnosis of diseases including infections, cancers, and vascular events.
According to the American Cancer Society, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, over 40 percent of newly diagnosed adult cancer patients in the United States (about 850,000 cases in 2026) are potentially avoidable including the 19 percent of cancers associated with cigarette smoking, the eight percent of cancers associated with excess body weight, and the five percent of with alcohol consumption.
The American Cancer Society lists the following as heavy cancer factors:
- Cigarette Smoking
- Secondhand smoke exposure
- Excess body weight
- Unhealthy diet
- Physical inactivity
- Excess ultraviolet radiation exposure
- Cancer-associated infections
The American Cancer Society estimates that 2.1 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2026. More than 1,700 are projected to die from cancer each day in the U.S. and 626,000 are projected to die from a type of cancer in the year of 2026.
The Centers for Disease Control has various tips for how you can prevent cancer or diagnose it early:
- Cancer Screening
- Screening tests can find several types of cancer early
- Vaccines (Shots)
- The HPV vaccine and the hepatitis B vaccine can help prevent cancer
- Healthy Choices
- You can lower your risk of getting cancer by making healthy choices
Here’s some other tips on how you can prevent certain types of cancer:
- Eat a healthy diet
- Stay physically active
- Monitor and maintain healthy weight
- Receive regular screenings
Want To Partner With Us?
To partner with us, fill out the form on our Contact Us page on our website, or email contact@midwestcmsqinqio.com.
Resources
American Cancer Society Statistics and Research
American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Facts & Figures