Utilizing Quality Improvement Methods to Examine the Radiation Therapy Pathway for Patients Requiring Palliative Radiation Therapy at a Community Cancer Center.

Lavergne, Carrie; Edmunds, Leslie; Warden, Pauline

Lavergne, Carrie; Edmunds, Leslie; Warden, Pauline.

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Lavergne C; R.S.McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: clavergne@lakeridgehealth.on.ca.
Edmunds L; R.S.McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Warden P; R.S.McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

J Med Imaging Radiat Sci ; 50(3): 378-386, 2019 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31307944

Subject(s)

Cancer Care Facilities/organization & administration; Critical Pathways; Palliative Care/organization & administration; Quality Improvement/organization & administration; Radiotherapy; Cancer Care Facilities/standards; Consumer Behavior; Critical Pathways/organization & administration; Critical Pathways/standards; Humans; Palliative Care/methods; Palliative Care/standards; Radiotherapy/methods; Radiotherapy/standards

Key words

Radiotherapy; improvement huddles; lean; multidisciplinary; palliative; process map; quality improvement; radiation therapy; voice of the customer

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Palliative Care / Radiotherapy / Cancer Care Facilities / Critical Pathways / Quality Improvement Type of study: Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Med Imaging Radiat Sci Year: 2019 Type: Article

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