August 5, 2011
“The North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre (NWCTC) has to deal with an increasing demand in the number of patients who require chemotherapy, with the escalating use of second line, third line, and additional treatment for many cancers. As a result, there is growing pressure on the chemotherapy unit to deliver treatment quickly, efficiently, and safely. Following guidelines from the Department of Health’s Manual for Cancer Services, we are constantly looking for ways to improve and develop the level of care provided at our center, and the process of receiving chemotherapy has been identified as an area of high risk. Therefore, a team was established to review and explore current practices at the NWCTC with the goal of implementing an improved process to minimize the risks of chemotherapy treatment.”
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December 20, 2010
The objective of this research was to develop a case finding method that can be used as the basis for an hospice or palliative care referral for inpatient cancer patients. This was a retrospective study using secondary data from administrative sources. The analysis used five years – FY2001 through FY2005 – of inpatient data from the VA National Patient Care Database (NPCD) to identify patients.
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