The use of cancer treatment summaries and care plans among Massachusetts physicians.
Purpose: Cancer survivorship presents many challenges for affected individuals and their health care providers. Reports from The Institute of Medicine document these challenges and recommend the use of survivorship treatment summaries and care plans to improve communication and coordination of care...
| Published in: | Supportive Care in Cancer Vol. 20; no. 7; pp. 1579 - 1584 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jul2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104451414&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104451414 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09414355 O1J jtl: Supportive Care in Cancer issn: 09414355 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2012 vid: 20 iid: 7 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104451414 NLM22526150 2011563058 10.1007/s00520-012-1458-z NLM22526150 104451414 ppf: 1579 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The use of cancer treatment summaries and care plans among Massachusetts physicians. aug: au: Merport A Lemon SC Nyambose J Prout MN Merport, Anna Lemon, Stephenie C Nyambose, Joshua Prout, Marianne N affil: Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University, 715 Albany Street, Talbot T320E, Boston, MA 02118, USA sug: subj: Neoplasms Therapy Nursing Care Plans Statistics and Numerical Data Practice Patterns Statistics and Numerical Data Female Surveys Human Male Massachusetts Neoplasms Pathology Primary Health Care Methods Primary Health Care Statistics and Numerical Data Specialization Survivors Female Male ab: Purpose: Cancer survivorship presents many challenges for affected individuals and their health care providers. Reports from The Institute of Medicine document these challenges and recommend the use of survivorship treatment summaries and care plans to improve communication and coordination of care for cancer survivors. The purpose of our study was to assess current use of treatment summaries and care plans in Massachusetts and identify obstacles to greater use.Methods: A survey was mailed to cancer specialist physicians (CSPs) and primary care physicians (PCPs) in Massachusetts. The survey asked CSPs about their preparation of treatment summaries and care plans for their cancer survivor patients and perceived barriers to the provision of these documents. PCPs were asked about receipt and utility of treatment summaries and care plans and information they would like to see in these reports.Results: One hundred eight CSPs and 400 PCPs answered the survey. Fifty-six percent of CSPs reported that they, or their staff, prepared treatment summaries for their cancer survivor patients; however, only 14% reported preparing care plans. Fifty-four percent of PCPs reported ever receiving a treatment summary, but only 16% ever received a care plan. CSPs cited lack of training, reimbursement, and templates as barriers to preparing care plans.Conclusions: Interventions are needed to make treatment summaries and care plans a part of standard care for all cancer survivors. Increasing the use of treatment summaries and care plans will require specific training and reimbursement and may be facilitated by templates that capture automated data. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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