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1Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine - Tulsa, OK, USA.
Background:
The multidisciplinary tumor board (TB) meeting is a vital aspect of comprehensive cancer care worldwide. Functional flaws in TBs can interfere with maximal performance, leading to several inefficiencies and potentially impacting treatment outcomes.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of a prospectively-developed list of straightforward patients and their consensus treatment options, also known as a "consensus slate," on TB efficiency.
Methods:
The consensus slate was developed prior to each weekly TB meeting, and effect of the slate on TB efficiency was analyzed. The main measurement of efficiency was time difference in presentation of those straightforward patients before and after slate implementation.
Results:
Consensus slate implementation resulted in a 78.5% decrease in average discussion time of straightforward patients during TB. An average of 25% of each week's TB list was presented using the slate.
Conclusion:
This series demonstrates the efficacy of a tool such as the consensus slate in streamlining the TB process. The ultimate result of this streamlining is greater meeting productivity through increased number of patients that can be presented, improved clinician engagement, and increased standardization of patient presentations.
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