2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer (ePosters)-EP04.01-009. Performance Indicators of Lung Cancer MDT at a Regional Center: Disagreements Between Trust and NLCA Data

EP04.01-009. Performance Indicators of Lung Cancer MDT at a Regional Center: Disagreements Between Trust and NLCA Data

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The document discusses the performance indicators of a lung cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) at a regional center and the discrepancies between the data reported by the Trust and the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA). The NLCA has established Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs) that lung cancer care providers are expected to achieve, including curative intent treatment and surgical resection rates. The document highlights three key benchmarks related to performance status, radical treatment, and histopathological confirmation. <br /><br />To investigate why the center's attainment was lower than expected based on the NLCA report, a retrospective audit was conducted. The audit involved reviewing lung cancer clinical records, MDT records, clinic letters, and pathology records. Patients were grouped based on the key benchmark criteria to determine the denominators for each QPI. The results showed that the actual performance of the center exceeded the reported performance based on NLCA standards. <br /><br />The document provides detailed data on the performance status, curative intent treatment, and histopathological confirmation. It also identifies reasons for lower-than-expected attainment, such as incomplete data recording in MDT records. However, overall, the regional center was shown to be successfully achieving the key performance indicators of the NLCA audit. <br /><br />The document concludes by suggesting the development of a real-time digital dashboard from the Trust MDT record to identify data discrepancies and potential shortcomings in a timely manner. This would facilitate targeted data entry and resolution of performance issues before national reporting deadlines.

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Qudratullah Qudratullah

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Speaker Qudratullah Qudratullah

Topic Global Health, Health Services Research, and Health Economics - Cost Issues

Keywords

lung cancer Multidisciplinary Team

performance indicators

regional center

discrepancies

National Lung Cancer Audit

curative intent treatment

histopathological confirmation

retrospective audit

key performance indicators

data discrepancies