Clinical governance network for clinical audit to improve quality in epithelial ovarian cancer management

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العنوان: Clinical governance network for clinical audit to improve quality in epithelial ovarian cancer management
المؤلفون: Chiara Ventura, Pierandrea De Iaco, Gino Ciarlini, Bruno Lenzi, Debora Pirillo, Rossana De Palma, Alessandro Ventura, Maurizio Leoni, Andrea Amadori, G Comerci, Debora Formisano, Giovanni Battista La Sala, F. Rosati, Ruby Martinello, Laura Maria Beatrice Belotti, Vincenzo Dario Mandato, Martino Abrate
المساهمون: Mandato, Vincenzo Dario, Abrate, Martino, De Iaco, Pierandrea, Pirillo, Debora, Ciarlini, Gino, Leoni, Maurizio, Comerci, Giuseppe, Ventura, Alessandro, Lenzi, Bruno, Amadori, Andrea, Rosati, Federica, Martinello, Ruby, De Palma, Rossana, Ventura, Chiara, Belotti, Laura Maria Beatrice, Formisano, Debora, La Sala, Giovanni Battista
المصدر: Journal of Ovarian Research
بيانات النشر: Springer Nature
مصطلحات موضوعية: Clinical audit, medicine.medical_specialty, media_common.quotation_subject, Centralized care, Epithelial ovarian cancer, Guide line, Quality of care, Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive medicine, Disease, Audit, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, medicine, Quality (business), media_common, Gynecology, Clinical governance, business.industry, Research, General surgery, Medical record, business
الوصف: Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecological cancer. Several hospitals throughout the region provide primary treatment for these patients and it is well know that treatment quality is correlated to the hospital that delivers. The aim of this study was to investigate the management and treatment of EOC in a Region of the North Italy (Emilia-Romagna, Italy). Methods. A multidisciplinary group made up of 11 physicians and 3 biostatisticians was formed in 2009 to perform clinical audits in order to identify quality indicators and to develop Region-wide workup in accordance with the principles of evidence-based medicine (EBM). The rationale was that, by setting up an oncogynecology network so as to achieve the best clinical practice, critical points would decrease or even be eliminated. Analysis of cases was based on the review of the medical records. Results: 614 EOC patients treated between 2007 and 2008 were identified. We found only 2 high-volume hospitals (≥ 21 patients/year), 3 medium-volume hospitals (11-20 operated patients/year), and 7 low-volume hospitals (≤ 10 operated patients /year). Only 222 patients (76.3%) had a histological diagnosis, FIGO surgical staging was reported only in 206 patients (70.9%) but not all standard surgical procedures were always performed, residual disease were not reported in all patients. No standard number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy cycles was observed. Conclusions: The differences in terms of treatments provided led the multidisciplinary group to identify reference centers, to promote centralization, to ensure uniform and adequate treatment to patients treated in regional centers and to promote a new audit involving all regional hospitals to a complete review of the all the EOC patients. © 2013 Mandato et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
وصف الملف: ELETTRONICO
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1757-2215
DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-6-19
الوصول الحر: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4b2644432f5c47bc002d224c094093ccTest
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....4b2644432f5c47bc002d224c094093cc
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:17572215
DOI:10.1186/1757-2215-6-19