Optimal Care Pathway data summary reports based on our last two summits are now available from the Victorian Department of Health.
A summary of data analyses from our 2021 Breast Cancer Summit reports variations in:
documented evidence of multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) recommendations for treatment in the central medical record
documented evidence of supportive care screening
timeliness of care – From diagnosis to surgery, from surgery to adjuvant chemotherapy, and from surgery to radiotherapy
what information is provided to patients, and how, at diagnosis and during treatment
overall coordination of care
A summary of data analyses from our 2022 Pancreatic Cancer Summit reports that, since our earlier Pancreatic Cancer Summit in 2017, we have seen:
an increase in the proportion of surgery patients that receive neoadjuvant therapy (up from 4% to 16%)
national expansion of a project promoting standardised imaging reporting of whether a tumour is resectable
introduction of new tools like QOOL-Vic to support improved multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs)
promising work on automatic, universal referral to palliative care.
opportunities for further improvement, though, include:
variation in MDM participation rates
variation in documented supportive care screening rates
statewide timeliness of care
statewide rates of palliative care and timely palliative care.
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