Assessment of Spanish hospitals involved in the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative program.

Authors

Jesus Garcia-Foncillas

Jesus Garcia-Foncillas

ECO Foundation, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Spain, Madrid, Spain

Jesus Garcia-Foncillas, Rafael Lopez, Carlos Camps, Vicente Guillem, Jose Luis Alonso, Alfredo Carrato, Nicole Martín, Luis G. Paz-Ares, Mariano Provencio, Emilio Esteban, Francisco Ayala, Pedro Pérez-Segura, Javier Narbona, Juan L. Bayo, Maria Bessa, Paula Gratal

Organizations

ECO Foundation, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ECO Foundation, Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago De Compostela, Spain, Fundación ECO, Medical Oncology Service, Hospital General de Valencia, CIBERONC, Departament de Medicina, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Fundación ECO, Medical Oncology Service, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain, Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, Murcia, Spain, Fundación ECO, Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, HC Marbella, Marbella, Spain, ECO Foundation, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ECO Foundation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ECO Foundation. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Asturias, Spain, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Hospital G. Universitario Morales Meseguer, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain, Hospital Juan Ramon Jimenez, Huelva, Spain, ECO Foundation, Madrid, Spain

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: Measuring and tracking quality of care is highly relevant in today’s healthcare. The Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) program is a referral for evaluating oncology practices worldwide. The ECO Foundation (Excellence and Quality in Oncology), a collaboration of oncology experts from the major Spanish hospitals involved in cancer treatment, reached an agreement with ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) to include Spanish hospitals in its QOPI program. Methods: We analyzed the scores of the QOPI rounds from 14 Spanish hospitals, which submitted their charts from 2016 to 2021, and the measures obtained from 2018 to 2021, regarding the core/symptom, breast, colorectal (CRC) and NSCLC modules, in comparison with the QOPI aggregate measures. Results: Since 2016, 14 Spanish hospitals have participated in the QOPI program, achieving the certification 12 of them, and 3 are in process. Along the years, they have obtained a score over 85%, being 87,41% the worse in 2021, and 92,80% the best in 2020. We also analyzed the outstanding measures from 2018 onwards. The highest scores in Spanish hospitals were for information of infertility risks and chemotherapy intent prior to prescription, and documented plan for oral chemotherapy. However, measures regarding pain addressed, appropriate antiemetic therapy for high- and moderate-emetic-risk antineoplastic agents and action taken to address problems with emotional well-being by the second office visit, were among the lowest scored measures. When we focused in breast and NSCLC modules, Spanish hospitals didn´t show negative values, highlighting in the administration of Tamoxifen or AI within 1 year of diagnosis by patients with AJCC Stage IA (T1c) and IB - III ER or PR positive and in the status documentation for patients with initial AJCC Stage IV or distant metastatic NSCLC. In CRC module, Spanish hospitals showed lower scores in colonoscopy before or within 6 months of curative colorectal resection or completion of primary adjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusions: This study evaluates QOPI scores in Spain, showing that repeated participation enhances quality of care, although there is room for improvement. ECO Foundation will continue supporting Spanish practices to increase their participation aiming of improve oncology care in Spain.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B

Track

Palliative and Supportive Care,Technology and Innovation in Quality of Care,Quality, Safety, and Implementation Science

Sub Track

Application of Quality Improvement Tools

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 28; abstr 305)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.28_suppl.305

Abstract #

305

Poster Bd #

C12

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