Introduction and PDCA-Management of a Liaison-Clinical Pathway with Cancer Patients after a Curative Operation

Our hospital was appointed as an Osaka designated cancer care hospital in April 2012. At that time, we introduced the same liaison-clinical pathway with cancer patients after a curative operation in all of Osaka. Based on the management of the plan-do-check-act cycle, we found problems in the clinic...

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Published in:	Gan to kagaku ryoho Vol. 42; no. 10; p. 1197
Main Authors:	Ueda, Aiko, Saito, Takuya, Ueda, Mioko, Ijichi, Takeshi, Nakatsuka, Takumi, Matsumoto, Junya, Yamaga, Yoko, Hishikawa, Hidehiko, Tanaka, Hironori, Tanaka, Yoshito, Yamamichi, Keigo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Japan 01-10-2015
Subjects:	Critical Pathways Humans Neoplasms - surgery Patient Care Team Patient Education as Topic
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Summary:	Our hospital was appointed as an Osaka designated cancer care hospital in April 2012. At that time, we introduced the same liaison-clinical pathway with cancer patients after a curative operation in all of Osaka. Based on the management of the plan-do-check-act cycle, we found problems in the clinical pathway. These problems included the following: the clinical pathway was not known, was complicated, was troubling for patients, and not well understood by doctors. To solve these problems, we planned and carried out the following five measures. The first was public information, followed by practice processes, informed consent, patient referral documents, and clinical pathway investigation reports. We were able to promote the use of the liaison-clinical pathway by constantly improving these measures.
ISSN:	0385-0684