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Improving patient outcomes and radiotherapy systems: A pan‐Canadian approach to patient‐reported outcome use
Author(s) -
Caissie Amanda,
Brown Erika,
Olson Rob,
Barbera Lisa,
Davis CarolAnne,
Brundage Michael,
Milosevic Michael
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1002/mp.12878
Subject(s) - general partnership , radiation oncology , radiation therapy , medicine , medical physicist , medical physics , health care , professional association , family medicine , business , political science , radiology , public relations , law , finance
Standardized collection and use of clinical patient‐reported outcomes (PRO) have potential to benefit the care of individual patients and improve radiotherapy system performance. Its centralized health‐care system makes Canada a prime candidate to take a leader and collaborator role in international endeavors to promote expansion of patient‐reported outcome collection and use in radiotherapy. The current review discusses the development of a pan‐Canadian approach to PRO use, through a quality improvement initiative led by the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR), a unique partnership of Canadian radiotherapy professional organizations (Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology‐CARO, Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists‐COMP, and the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists‐CAMRT).

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