Open AccessAn audit of cancer diagnosis in a Canadian children's hospital: Quality, timing and efficiency
Author(s) -
Stacy C. Reebye,
Geoffrey K. Blair,
Paul Rogers,
Douglas H. Jamieson,
Erik D. Skarsgard
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/11.3.143
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , multidisciplinary approach , quality (philosophy) , childhood cancer , quality management , medical diagnosis , medical emergency , cancer , general surgery , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , medical physics , operations management , radiology , management , economics , social science , philosophy , management system , epistemology , sociology
The diagnosis of paediatric cancer requires multidisciplinary cooperation to achieve both a timely diagnosis and efficient resource use. The authors undertook a 12-month audit of paediatric cancer cases to assess BC's Children's Hospital's (Vancouver, British Columbia) diagnostic process from the perspective of quality (timing and accuracy of diagnosis) and procedural efficiency, with an emphasis on the impact on resource use in the departments of radiology, pathology, anesthesia and surgery.
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