Hospital Tumor Board
Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center
Summary of progress
report:
Objectives |
Activities |
Standards
and Targets |
To formulate integrated,
coordinated, and comprehensive hospital-wide policies on the management of
patients with cancer in the hospital. |
Written guidelines: 1. Unified concept on cancer
cause, prevention, cure, and palliation 2. Standardized cancer
patient management process 3. Cancer palliation
program 4. Cancer pain control
program |
Integrated, coordinated,
and comprehensive hospital-wide Continually updated |
To monitor and
continually improve the quality of care to patients with cancers. |
Monitor and maintain
morbidity and mortality rates and complaints of patients within acceptable
rates Conduct cancer registry
reporting twice a year |
Nonhospice cases: Acceptable
mortality/morbidity rates (<5%) Acceptable no. of
complaints (<5 / year) |
To conduct educational
and training programs for concerned staff so as to facilitate implementation
of hospital policies on management of cancer patients. |
Conduct hospital tumor
board meeting once every 2 months for educational and training purpose |
Structured Geared towards goal and
objectives |
To promote research on
oncology that will continually improve the quality of care for cancer
patients. |
Conduct cancer research
one per department or at least 4 in a year |
Number (4 a year) Useful enough to be
integrated into policies and procedures |