The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators最新文献

{"title":"Meeting the challanges in today's outpatient oncology setting: a case study.","authors":"Jeannie O'Leary,&nbsp;Judy Williamson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physicians and staff in outpatient oncology settings are feeling besieged as healthcare trends accelerate. One of these is to provide a greater number and variety of treatments on an outpatient basis. The second is the shift from indemnity insurance to a managed care environment to help control the costs. The challenge at the Center for Cancer Care at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois, was to create processes that increased efficiency, dealt with expanded patient caseloads, improved the level of care provided and took into account the shortage of oncology nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 3","pages":"24-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22434358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategic planning: the first step in the planning process.","authors":"Marc A Gelinas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Strategic planning is a systematic process through which an organization builds commitment among key stakeholders to goals and priorities which are essential to its mission and vision, and responsive to the operating environment. Strategic planning is the first step in a comprehensive planning process that also includes business planning and implementation planning. If all three steps are carried out in sequence, strategic planning can be a very effective means of educating the stakeholders about where the cancer program is and where it is going, gaining support and commitment for the direction that the cancer program will take, and assuring that everyone's expectations can be managed effectively. Unfortunately, some organizations and cancer program leaders misunderstand the process. Too often, strategic planning is used as a stand-alone activity. This article will describe what strategic planning is, how it should smoothly lead into business planning and implementation planning, and how to avoid the pitfalls that sometimes arise during the strategic planning effort.</p>","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 3","pages":"11-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22435009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comprehensive geriatric assessment basics for the cancer professional.","authors":"Martine Extermann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been a cornerstone of geriatric practice for many years. However, oncology practitioners are still unfamiliar with it. Yet, recent research has shown an important potential to improve the daily care of older cancer patients. The purpose of this article is to review the basic nature of a CGA, its effectiveness, its applicability to cancer patients, and its cost-effectiveness. Cancer is one of the major health problems in our society. Furthermore, the incidence of cancer increases with age. Nowadays, half of the cancers occur beyond the age of 70. Given the aging of the US population, this proportion is expected to increase in the next decades. A challenge for the oncologists is that older people can have a highly variable health status. Yet little is known yet about how to best assess and integrate into decision making the various health problems patients may have. Taking their clues from the experience of geriatricians, geriatric oncologists advocate the use of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) as one of the tools to deal with this problem. It is, for example, part of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for the elderly'. This article offers a primer on CGA for the reader unfamiliar with the approach in an oncologic setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 2","pages":"13-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22343913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mentoring of research associates in the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)--quality assurance in clinical trials.","authors":"Beth Davis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 2","pages":"30-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22343919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical investigation: Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of quality of life radiation therapy instrument (QOL-RTI) for Japanese patients with head and neck malignancies.","authors":"Kumiko Karasawa,&nbsp;Takehito Sasaki,&nbsp;Tomohiko Okawa,&nbsp;Takeo Takahashi,&nbsp;Kazushige Hayakawa,&nbsp;Yukio Ohizumi,&nbsp;Yoshio Tamaki,&nbsp;Masaoki Makino,&nbsp;Masao Kobyashi,&nbsp;Chiaki Shibayama,&nbsp;Tsutomu Saitou,&nbsp;Darlene J Johnson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Japanese translation of Quality of Life Radiation Therapy Instrument (QOL-RTI) and the head and neck module (H&N) for Japanese patients being treated with radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies.</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>The QOL-RTI/H&N was translated into Japanese by a preliminary QOL research working group of JASTRO and was used in this clinical trial. From 1998 to 2001, 70 patients with head and neck malignancies for whom radical radiotherapy was planned were entered into this study. Patients were requested to answer the questions before radiotherapy at baseline, twice during week 4 of therapy (for test-retest reliability), at the end of treatment, and 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years from the beginning of radiotherapy. Internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Validity was assessed by comparing the results with EORTC-QLQ-C30 and with QOL questionnaire for cancer patients treated with anticancer drugs (QOL-ADC). Patient compliance and test sensitivity were also analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.79 to 0.93 depending on the time point for the evaluation. Test-retest reliability was acceptable, with a Pearson coefficient of 0.83 for QOL-RTI and 0.92 for H&N module. Compliance with this scheme was 98.2%. The QOL-RTI was sensitive enough to detect significant changes in the QOL score during and after the course of radiotherapy. Agreement with the EORTC-C30 was good with a high Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.648 and that with QOL-ADC was also good with a coefficient of 0.566. The factors analyzed consisted of 11 functional/health-oriented questions, 5 emotional/ psychological, 5 socio-economic/ family and 2 general.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Japanese version of QOL-RTI with H&N module was found to be reliable and sensitive enough to evaluate variation of QOL in patients with head and neck malignancies during and after radiotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 2","pages":"18-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22344457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adding pharmaceutical clinical research studies to oncology practice.","authors":"Ruth Ann Nylen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article describes the considerations for making the decision to implement clinical research trials into an oncology practice. Written for the aspiring physician-investigator, it is an informative and resourceful piece for those wanting to know more about this process.</p>","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 2","pages":"32-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22344459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Informed consent in clinical research: a review for professional practice.","authors":"Lisa Judy Chin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 2","pages":"25-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22343916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unlisted codes.","authors":"Cindy C Parman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 2","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22343912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Radiation oncology practice mergers: bigger is better!","authors":"Newell Pugh,&nbsp;Joseph M Spallina","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 1","pages":"14-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22266875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Commission on Cancer Liaison Report.","authors":"Jeannie O'Leary","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80217,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of oncology management : the official journal of the American College of Oncology Administrators","volume":"12 1","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22266874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}