Improving Toxicity Assessment and Documentation in Radiation Oncology: A Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Project.

Outdated electronic health record templates, misaligned with Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0, increased documentation burden and limited interdisciplinary communication. This quality improvement initiative redesigned toxicity documentation using templates for 21 a...

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Publicado en:Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 223 - 231
Autores principales: Munter, Amanda, Garrett, Mary L.
Formato: CEU tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oncology Nursing Society Jun2026
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          Munter, Amanda
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          Nursing Records
          Documentation
          Work Redesign
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          Quality Improvement
          Decision Support Systems, Clinical
          Education, Continuing (Credit)
          Workflow
          Productivity
          Cognition
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      ab: Outdated electronic health record templates, misaligned with Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0, increased documentation burden and limited interdisciplinary communication. This quality improvement initiative redesigned toxicity documentation using templates for 21 anatomically specific, CTCAE-aligned flow sheets with integrated referral decision support. Postimplementation surveys showed improved ease of documentation, visibility of symptom trends, and understanding of CTCAE grading.
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