scholarly journals Champions Rising to the Challenge of Ensuring High-Quality Cancer Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1452-1454
Author(s):  
Katy Winckworth-Prejsnar ◽  
Elizabeth A. Nardi ◽  
James McCanney
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Cancer Care

scholarly journals Evaluating Barriers and Opportunities in Delivering High-Quality Oncology Care in a Resource-Limited Setting Using a Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Chika R. Nwachukwu ◽  
Omobola Mudasiru ◽  
Lynn Million ◽  
Shruti Sheth ◽  
Hope Qamoos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Quality Cancer Care ◽  
Oncology Care

Purpose Despite recognition of both the growing cancer burden in low- and middle-income countries and the disproportionately high mortality rates in these settings, delivery of high-quality cancer care remains a challenge. The disparities in cancer care outcomes for many geographic regions result from barriers that are likely complex and understudied. This study describes the development and use of a streamlined needs assessment questionnaire (NAQ) to understand the barriers to providing quality cancer care, identifies areas for improvement, and formulates recommendations for implementation. Methods Using a comprehensive NAQ, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 hospital staff involved in cancer care at two teaching hospitals in Nigeria. Data were analyzed using content analysis and organized into a framework with preset codes and emergent codes, where applicable. Results Data from the interviews were organized into six broad themes: staff, stuff, system, space, lack of palliative care, and provider bias, with key barriers within themes including: financial, infrastructural, lack of awareness, limited human capacity resources, lack of palliative care, and provider perspective on patient-related barriers to cancer care. Specific solutions based on ability to reasonably implement were subcategorized into short-, medium-, and long-term goals. Conclusion This study provides a framework for a streamlined initial needs assessment and a unique discussion on the barriers to high-quality oncology care that are prevalent in resource-constrained settings. We report the feasibility of collecting and organizing data using a streamlined NAQ and provide a thorough and in-depth understanding of the challenges in this setting. Knowledge gained from the assessments will inform steps to improve oncology cancer in these settings.

Editor's Memo

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Figlin
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Scientific Collaboration ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Cancer Care ◽  
Key Opinion Leaders ◽  
American Society ◽  
Silver Lining

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fundamental disparities in the provision of health care across our nation and exacerbated the differences in health outcomes associated with race, socioeconomic and other demographic factors. A silver lining however is that pandemic precarity has inspired tremendous scientific collaboration among clinicians, researchers, and key opinion leaders. In this line, this year’s Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO21) which was kicked off virtually on June 4 through June 8, not only celebrated latest breakthroughs in cancer research, treatment and patient care, but also focused on health equity in cancer care. ASCO21’s fitting theme - Health equity “doing right by the patients for whom we care” reflected addressing complex forces and systems that have created disparities in cancer care, treatment, and research and identifying ways to ensure that all patients have access to and benefit from the latest cancer advances and high-quality cancer care.

Health economic assessment of cancer therapy

2016 ◽  
pp. 236-242
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Peppercorn
Keyword(s):  
Health Economic ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Cancer Therapy ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Control Cost ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Cancer Care ◽  
Quality And Outcomes

Our ability to deliver high-quality cancer care is increasingly influenced by our ability to understand and manage the costs of care. Though there are considerable differences in the ways healthcare is financed and administered in different nations, there is a common need to deliver high-quality care at sustainable costs. This chapter reviews recent estimates of the aggregate costs of cancer care, discusses methods for determining cost-effectiveness or value in cancer care, provides a framework for understanding the components of cost at the societal and individual levels, and discusses efforts to control cost while preserving or improving both quality and outcomes.

Improving the bottom line with the same high quality cancer care

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
A.N. Al-Niaimi ◽  
D.S. Huang ◽  
N.H. Mirabadi ◽  
E.M. Hartenbach
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Cancer Care

scholarly journals Global Challenges for Cancer Imaging

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz-Peter Schlemmer ◽  
Leonardo K. Bittencourt ◽  
Melvin D’Anastasi ◽  
Romeu Domingues ◽  
Pek-Lan Khong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Cancer Imaging ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Oncologic Imaging ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Cancer Care ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Poor Infrastructure

Imaging plays many essential roles in nearly all aspects of high-quality cancer care. However, challenges to the delivery of optimal cancer imaging in both developing and advanced countries are manifold. Developing countries typically face dramatic shortages of both imaging equipment and general radiologists, and efforts to improve cancer imaging in these countries are often complicated by poor infrastructure, cultural barriers, and other obstacles. In advanced countries, on the other hand, although imaging equipment and general radiologists are typically accessible, the complexity of oncologic imaging and the need for subspecialists in the field are largely unrecognized; as a result, training opportunities are lacking, and there is a shortage of radiologists with the necessary subspecialty expertise to provide optimal cancer care and participate in advanced clinical research. This article is intended to raise awareness of these challenges and catalyze further efforts to address them. Some promising strategies and ongoing efforts are reviewed, and some specific actions are proposed.

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