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Published on: October 6, 2023
'Onco alerts' to support acute oncology services
1The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Thomas.poulter@ccotrust.nhs.uk
Abstract:
The National Chemotherapy Advisory Group report has recommended that all hospitals in the UK with an Emergency Department should establish an acute oncology (AO) service. Acute oncology, when implemented at a clinical network level, presents significant challenges for informatics, including the requirement for 'onco alerts' - automated notification of admission of potential cancer patients, whose diagnosis may not be recorded on the admitting hospital's IT systems. In this short paper we present a case study and describe an approach to supporting the development of AO services with cross-organisational information systems.
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