2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) - ePosters-EP.17A.05 Efficient Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Management Strategy for the Hospitals with High-Volume Patients

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The document outlines a comprehensive Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) management strategy for enhancing access and treatment plans for lung cancer patients in high-volume hospitals, specifically within the context of leading Chinese hospitals. Two primary strategies are discussed:<br /><br />1. **Strategy I** provides access to all diagnosed lung cancer patients, establishing an initial treatment plan and addressing issues of process standardization.<br /><br />2. **Strategy II** focuses on pre-selected lung cancer patients facing complicated situations, such as difficult problems, severe illnesses, and unique individualized needs.<br /><br />The ideal model combines both strategies, ensuring all patients have access to an initial MDT (Strategy I) while also directing complex cases to specialized MDTs (Strategy II).<br /><br />Key goals of this project include the development of an efficient MDT management strategy to cope with the rising number of lung cancer cases globally. The document underscores the importance of tailoring MDT strategies based on specific patient demographics and management objectives. It highlights the necessity for quality control standards addressing process completeness, patient outcomes, and regular optimization through feedback, clinical research integration, and the adoption of cutting-edge techniques.<br /><br />Methods involved in-depth interviews, brainstorming, and questionnaires with MDT members from leading lung cancer hospitals. Results emphasize the importance of hospitals setting quality control across the MDT process, including regular reviews and feedback sessions for efficiency enhancement. Additionally, non-core hospitals are encouraged to connect with leading hospitals for remote guidance to improve their MDT capabilities.<br /><br />The analysis found that 90% of surveyed hospitals manage 3,000 new lung cancer cases annually with at least five years of MDT management experience, involving regular discussions among MDT members. Strategies were adopted by specialized cancer/chest hospitals (Strategy I) and comprehensive hospitals (Strategy II), with observed common efficiency practices among them.

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Min Li

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Speaker Min Li

Topic Global Health, Health Services, and Health Economics

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Multidisciplinary Team

lung cancer

treatment plans

high-volume hospitals

Chinese hospitals

process standardization

quality control

clinical research

remote guidance

patient demographics