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Strategies To Improve Healthcare Team Communication Structure And Quality In Resource-variable Childhood Cancer Hospitals (teamtalk): A Study Protocol.

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Strategies to improve healthcare team communication structure and quality in resource-variable childhood cancer hospitals (TeamTalk): a study protocol.

Asya Agulnik¹, Dylan E Graetz¹, Bobbi J Carothers²

¹Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.

Implementation Science Communications

|November 18, 2025

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Keywords:

Implementation science Interdisciplinary communication Interprofessional communication Low- and middle-income countries

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This study co-develops and pilots a communication intervention to improve care for children with cancer, especially during critical events in low-resource settings. The intervention aims to enhance healthcare team communication and improve patient outcomes.

Area of Science:

Implementation Science
Systems Science
Healthcare Communication

Background:

Effective healthcare team communication is vital for high-quality childhood cancer care, particularly during critical events and in resource-limited settings.
Current communication interventions are often not feasible or appropriate across diverse resource levels.
Improving communication is crucial for better patient outcomes in pediatric oncology.

Purpose of the Study:

To co-develop and pilot a multi-level intervention to enhance healthcare team communication and improve outcomes for children with cancer.
To address communication challenges in both high-acuity events and resource-variable settings.
To advance the science of team communication in pediatric cancer care.

Main Methods:

Pediatric cancer

Resource-poor settings

Social Network analysis

Utilizing systems and implementation science methodologies.

Evaluating communication quality using the CritCom measure during clinical deterioration.

Employing social network analysis to examine communication structures and determinants.

Co-developing a multilevel intervention through clinician interviews and expert panel mapping.

Pilot testing the intervention's feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and preliminary efficacy via a cluster-randomized trial in resource-variable hospitals.

Main Results:

The study will identify modifiable determinants of communication quality.
The project will lead to the co-development of a novel, multilevel communication intervention.
Preliminary efficacy of the intervention will be assessed in resource-variable settings.

Conclusions:

This research will yield an evidence-informed, multilevel intervention to improve healthcare team communication during clinical deterioration in pediatric cancer care.
The findings will contribute to advancing the science of team communication in oncology.
The ultimate goal is to improve survival rates for children with cancer through enhanced communication strategies.