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The organization of multidisciplinary care teams: modeling internal and external influences on cancer care quality.
- Source :
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs [J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr] 2010; Vol. 2010 (40), pp. 72-80. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Quality cancer treatment depends upon careful coordination between multiple treatments and treatment providers, the exchange of technical information, and regular communication between all providers and physician disciplines involved in treatment. This article will examine a particular type of organizational structure purported to regularize and streamline the communication between multiple specialists and support services involved in cancer treatment: the multidisciplinary treatment care (MDC) team. We present a targeted review of what is known about various types of MDC team structures and their impact on the quality of treatment care, and we outline a conceptual model of the connections between team context, structure, process, and performance and their subsequent effects on cancer treatment care processes and patient outcomes. Finally, we will discuss future research directions to understand how MDC teams improve patient outcomes and how characteristics of team structure, culture, leadership, and context (organizational setting and local environment) contribute to optimal multidisciplinary cancer care.
- Subjects :
- Cancer Care Facilities organization & administration
Cooperative Behavior
Forecasting
Group Processes
Health Services Research
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Neoplasms diagnosis
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Physician-Patient Relations
Continuity of Patient Care organization & administration
Interprofessional Relations
Models, Theoretical
Neoplasms therapy
Patient Care Team organization & administration
Patient-Centered Care organization & administration
Quality of Health Care
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1745-6614
- Volume :
- 2010
- Issue :
- 40
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20386055
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jncimonographs/lgq010