Implementation rates of uro‐oncology multidisciplinary meeting decisions

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 120; no. S3; pp. 15 - 20
• Main Authors: Kinnear, Ned, Smith, Riley, Hennessey, Derek B., Bolton, Damien, Sengupta, Shomik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Australia; Female; Health Plan Implementation - statistics & numerical data; Humans; implementation; Interdisciplinary Communication; Male; Malignancy; MDM; Medical Oncology - organization & administration; Middle Aged; multi‐disciplinary; multi‐disciplinary meeting; Oncology; Patients; Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Tumors; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - epidemiology; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - therapy; urology; Urology - organization & administration; multi-disciplinary; multi-disciplinary meeting; oncology; MDM; implementation; urology

Objectives To assess implementation rates of the consensus plans made at the uro‐oncology multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) of an Australian tertiary centre, and analyse obstacles to implementation. Methods A retrospective review was performed of all patients discussed at the uro‐oncology MDM at our i...