Resumen
We report here on the current state of cancer care coordination in Canada and discuss challenges and insights with respect to the implementation of collaborative models of care. We also make recommendations for future research. This work is based on the findings of the Canadian Team to Improve Community-Based Cancer Care Along the Continuum (canimpact) casebook project. The casebook project identified models of collaborative cancer care by systematically documenting and analyzing Canadian initiatives that aim to improve or enhance care coordination between primary care providers and oncology specialists. The casebook profiles 24 initiatives, most of which focus on breast or colorectal cancer and target survivorship or follow-up care. Current key challenges in cancer care coordination are associated with establishing program support, engaging primary care providers in the provision of care, clearly defining provider roles and responsibilities, and establishing effective project or program planning and evaluation. Researchers studying coordinated models of cancer care should focus on designing knowledge translation strategies with updated and refined governance and on establishing appropriate protocols for both implementation and evaluation.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 120-123 |
Número de páginas | 4 |
Publicación | Current Oncology |
Volumen | 24 |
N.º | 2 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - 2017 |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:The canimpact project is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The authors thank the canimpact Knowledge Translation Research Team Patient Advisors, Margaret Tompson and Richard Wassersug, for reviewing the manuscript. The authors also thank the individuals who participated in the casebook project, thereby making this publication possible.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Multimed Inc.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Oncology