Excellent Practices

The OECI A&D Programme has been gathering examples of best practice in cancer care to create a community of practice among cancer centres in and beyond Europe, where excellent practices in care and research organisation are shared, and where we can learn from each other and collaborate more effectively.

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Programme Structure
July 5, 2023

Programme Structure

Many Cancer Centres struggle to gain coherence in their organisational structures to integrate research and clinical care, and to maximise their opportunities.
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The Cancer Patient Partnership Group
July 5, 2023

The Cancer Patient Partnership Group

Cancer Services within the CRUK Cambridge Centre aim to continuously improve the cancer patient experience
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The integrative approach and mechanisms of IT use
July 5, 2023

The integrative approach and mechanisms of IT use

The strategic MUMC+ program ‘Our Future Care’ aims to improve the outcomes of care and the experiences of patients.
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Training and education system
July 5, 2023

Training and education system

In 2016, the demand for a good and simple registration instrument became increasingly urgent.
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Formation of the Comprehensive Cancer Centre structure and ‘Circle of Innovation®’
July 5, 2023

Formation of the Comprehensive Cancer Centre structure and ‘Circle of Innovation®’

Prior to 2016, oncological care and oncological scientific research were not optimally integrated at Maastricht UMC+.
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Collaborative multidisciplinary working within the hospital; The ‘oval table
July 5, 2023

Collaborative multidisciplinary working within the hospital; The ‘oval table

The team has the mandate to design, monitor and evaluate the work throughout the patient flow.
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My care plan
July 5, 2023

My care plan

The challenge was to secure that patients were involved, informed, and knew about the plan for their care throughout the care process.
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Contact Nurse
July 5, 2023

Contact Nurse

The challenge was to safely navigate and support the patient through the cancer journey and to provide access to continuity of health care professionals.
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Central onboarding/introduction programme
July 5, 2023

Central onboarding/introduction programme

Faster deployment of new employees ensures a high level of employee satisfaction, among new and existing employees.
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Translational research and innovation
July 5, 2023

Translational research and innovation

A lot of publicly funded cancer research is not translated into clinical practice and innovation for the benefit of patients.
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Nursing and Education
July 5, 2023

Nursing and Education

The need to maintain staff is affected by challenges in staff recruitment, retention and skill mix.
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ATOSS (Transversal Activities in Oncology and Supportive Care)
July 5, 2023

ATOSS (Transversal Activities in Oncology and Supportive Care)

The centre has chosen to reorganise all Oncology Supportive Care within the same department, to enhance its care offer in reference to publications
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Well organised Day-care Unit
July 5, 2023

Well organised Day-care Unit

The medical oncology day hospital had to take up the challenge of ensuring the quality of patient care during injectable antineoplastic drug treatment, whilst reducing waiting times.
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Radiation Oncology
July 5, 2023

Radiation Oncology

The IUCT-Oncopole Radiation Oncology department (ROD), equipped with 8 bunkers and 7 complementary accelerators, all brachytherapy technics, treats 3000 patients /year
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Recognising the expertise of patients and evaluating the involvement process
July 5, 2023

Recognising the expertise of patients and evaluating the involvement process

The active participation of users in the French health system and their knowledge of their rights to information are bringing changes to the positioning and behaviour of health professionals.
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Patient-oriented quality and risk management
July 5, 2023

Patient-oriented quality and risk management

The challenge of this collective and cross-cutting approach to quality and risk management is to succeed in raising awareness and impact all employees
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Noona software
July 4, 2023

Noona software

Digital services have rapidly increased and more and more people are used to do errands or accessing information digitally via the internet at their convenience.
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Optimisation clinical and logistic quality
July 4, 2023

Optimisation clinical and logistic quality

The patient’s pathway from referral through clinical workup to final treatment used to be long and not well planned or coordinated.
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Shared Decision-Making
July 4, 2023

Shared Decision-Making

The benefits of SDM are well documented but implementing SDM at institutional level is challenging.
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The implementation of an interdisciplinary care meeting to offer holistic care
July 4, 2023

The implementation of an interdisciplinary care meeting to offer holistic care

In order to offer high-quality integrated care that responds to complex care demands of our patients and = their relatives, oncological care in AZ Groeninge is organised in multidisciplinary oncology clinics.
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Preserving, restoring and enhancing the well-being of cancer patients, their relatives and their healthcare professionals: an integrated multidisciplinary supportive care approach
July 4, 2023

Preserving, restoring and enhancing the well-being of cancer patients, their relatives and their healthcare professionals: an integrated multidisciplinary supportive care approach

Cancer treatments and the progression of cancer can lead to numerous medium and long-term side effects
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