Lacks Cancer Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Laurence E. McCahill , Gerald P. Wright , Sunil Konduri , Mary May , Coralyn Martinez , Wendy K. Taylor , J. Brad Morrow , Alan T. Davis
Background: Healthcare reform calls for measurements of value in services received. The 2002 IOM report Crossing the Quality Chasm emphasized deficits in efficiency, effectiveness, and patient centeredness. In 2009, a pancreatic cancer panel proposed 43 measures for high quality pancreatic cancer care. We incorporated these composite measures into a unique program of multidisciplinary (MD) care, nurse navigation (NN), and quality monitoring. Methods: A MD gastrointestinal cancer program was initiated in Jan 2010. Key components included a treatment planning conference followed immediately by a MD clinic. A GI NN coordinated staging, clinical evaluation, and treatment initiation. Patients with suspected /newly diagnosed pancreatic or periampullary neoplasms were included. We evaluated our quality of cancer care and outcomes proposed by the pancreatic cancer quality expert panel. Results: A total of 76 patients with pancreatic neoplasms were evaluated over 18 months, 55 subjects had confirmed malignancies. Of these, 20 were clinical Stage I/II, 15 stage III and 20 Stage IV. Quality measures in Table 1 focus on quality measures. 25 patients underwent resection. Mean OR time was 424 min, mean EBL 843 mL, morbidity 30%, mortality 4%, R0 resection rate 76%, mean nodes evaluated 24, and mean hospital LOS 10 days. Complete adherence with guidelines occurred in all 30 non-operative patients and 22 of 25 patients who undergoing resection. Overall compliance for all pancreatic cancer care guidelines was 99.7%. Conclusions: Comprehensive MD pancreatic cancer evaluation and care is feasible in a community cancer. We believe this study establishes new benchmarks of quality and value assessment for pancreatic cancer programs.
Cancer care quality outcomes. | ||
Quality metric | 2010 | 2011 |
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Mean days until contacted by NN | 1.48 | 2.29 |
Patients contacted in <2 days | 92.8% | 91.2% |
Mean days until staging completed | 4.56 | 5.54 |
Staging compliance with NCCN Guidelines | 67% | 95% |
Mean days until GI MD evaluation | 7.65 | 6.33 |
Patients seen in <10 days | 90% | 93% |
Patients seen by all cancer providers single day | 90% | 100% |
Mean days referral to treatment | 16.2 | 14.6 |
Mean days diagnosis to treatment | 25.0 | 15.0 |
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