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Identifying Opportunities to Deliver High‐Quality Cancer Care Across a Health System: A Clinical Responsibility
Shah H, Cohen O, Bourdillon A, Burtness B, Boffa D, Young M, Judson B, Mehra S. Identifying Opportunities to Deliver High‐Quality Cancer Care Across a Health System: A Clinical Responsibility. Otolaryngology 2024, 171: 445-456. PMID: 38606669, DOI: 10.1002/ohn.755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOral squamous cell carcinomaHealth systemCancer careLymph node yieldDeliver high-quality cancer careHigh-quality cancer careBaseline quality of careReporting of Observational StudiesFragmentation of careQuality of careFacility typeCommunity facilitiesOdds of positive surgical marginsAssociated with increased oddsPositive surgical margin rateCombination groupAcademic centersPositive surgical marginsTreating facility typeSurgical margin ratePrimary outcome measureSquamous cell carcinomaGuideline-adherent treatmentCombined careEpidemiology guidelines
2014
Improving the Quality of Thyroid Cancer Care: How Does the Thyroid Cancer Care Collaborative Cross the Institute of Medicine's Quality Chasm?
Mehra S, Tuttle RM, Bergman D, Bernet V, Brett E, Cobin R, Doherty G, Klopper J, Lee S, Machac J, Milas M, Mechanick JI, Orloff L, Randolph G, Ross DS, Smallridge R, Terris D, Tufano R, Alon E, Clain J, Dos Reis L, Scherl S, Urken ML. Improving the Quality of Thyroid Cancer Care: How Does the Thyroid Cancer Care Collaborative Cross the Institute of Medicine's Quality Chasm? Thyroid 2014, 24: 615-624. PMID: 24512449, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid Cancer Care CollaborativeInformation technologyInstitute of MedicineDecision-making modulePortability of dataThyroid cancer careWorkflow integrationCancer careQuality ChasmIOM recommendationsHealthcare deliveryCancer care deliveryThyroid cancer managementVirtual tumor boardsCare CollaborativeTumor boardCancer managementHealthcare organizationsCare processesScoring systemCare deliveryWeb-based programCurrent systemModuleClinicians