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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Improving Wait Time for Chemotherapy in an Outpatient Clinic at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (MDA)



"Purpose:
We conducted our study at the Ambulatory Treatment Center (ATC) of the MD Anderson Cancer Center, a network of six outpatient treatment units for patients receiving infusion therapies. Excessive patient wait time for chemotherapy was a primary source of ATC patient dissatisfaction. ATC employees expressed frustration, because often, patients arrived physically on time but were not treatment ready. Additionally, ATC staff emphasized challenges associated with obtaining finalized treatment orders for prescheduled appointments (ie, placeholder appointments without associated physician treatment orders). We aimed to decrease mean patient wait time from check-in to treatment in one ATC unit by 25%."

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