Transition care clinic: Evidence-based survivorship care.

Authors

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Raman Deol

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Raman Deol, Matthew C. Cheung, Elisabeth M. Del Giudice, Angela Boudreau, Debbie Miller, Simron Singh

Organizations

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Odette Cancer Centre - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Odette Cancer Centre - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: The Odette Cancer Centre (OCC) is the sixth largest comprehensive cancer centre in North America. In 2012/2013 fiscal year it is projected there will be 19,633 new cases and 82,293 follow-up visits, of which 16% of new and 24% of follow-ups will be for gastrointestinal (GI) and hematology disease sites. Current specialty cancer clinics are not well equipped to provide evidence-based survivorship care. Methods: The Transition Care Clinic (TCC) was developed for colorectal cancer and lymphoma patients transitioning from acute care at OCC back to their primary care provider (PCP) for follow-up, assessment, and surveillance after completion of active treatment. Patients are seen by a family medicine physician and advanced practice nurse and receive comprehensive survivorship care, individualized treatment summaries, and post-treatment care plans. An accompanying web resource continues to connect patients to OCC after discharge and provides survivorship specific information. Results: An eight month pilot resulted in 66 visits and 28 discharges, of which 53% of visits and 93% of discharges were for GI patients and 47% and 7% respectively for hematology. The 28 discharges resulted in resource utilization savings of 122 OCC clinic visits and 118 hospital CT scans. Symptom screening results across the domains of anxiety, depression, pain, and tiredness were on par with other cancer patients, dispelling concern that these patients experience different/more symptoms after treatment and during transition. Finally, patient feedback indicated that those that found it difficult to attend OCC appointments appreciated knowing guidelines were available and were comfortable with PCP follow-up, while others whose PCP missed initial presenting symptoms preferred cancer centre “specialists” and were not comfortable. Conclusions: There is need for inter-disciplinary development of survivorship and transition programs with buy-in from disease sites, multimodality consensus, revision of eligibility criteria for lymphoma, and efficiencies to complete comprehensive treatment summaries. Short and long-term outcomes to be measured include recurrences and secondary cancers, adherence to guidelines, patient quality of life, and satisfaction.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2013 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

General Poster Session B: Practice of Quality and Health Reform

Track

Practice of Quality,Health Reform: Implications for Costs and Quality

Sub Track

Involving Patients in Quality Care

Citation

J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl 31; abstr 141)

Abstract #

141

Poster Bd #

A7

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