战略运营重新设计改善了事先授权的访问:一个验证研究
Eric D Brooks1, Fantine Giap1, Vincent Cassidy1
1Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
International journal of particle therapy
|December 11, 2023
概括
一个新的操作重新设计显著减少了辐射瘤学中事先授权 (PA) 时间,改善了患者获得质子束疗法的机会. 这一策略增强了癌症护理的提供,并且可以在瘤中心复制.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 辐射瘤学 辐射瘤学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 预先授权 (PA) 在瘤学,特别是放射性瘤学中存在重大行政负担.
- 在PA的延迟可能会阻碍患者获得及时的癌症治疗.
- 需要有效的策略来简化PA过程并改善患者护理.
研究的目的:
- 描述新型操作PA重新设计对授权时间和患者获得癌症护理的影响.
- 评估这一PA重新设计策略在瘤中心的可复制性和可采用性.
- 评估PA在辐射瘤学中的三层方法的有效性.
主要方法:
- 实施了三级的PA重新设计战略,重点关注付款人的问责制,利用保险专业知识和更新内部程序.
- 关键指标,包括批准率,患者治疗比例和授权时间,在三个时间点进行了比较:干预前,逐步引入和干预后.
- 通过调查来评估提供者负担和患者护理改善.
主要成果:
- 在干预后,商业性质子束疗法的批准增加了30.6% (P < .001).
- 以质子疗法治疗的商业保险患者的比例增加了6.2%,新患者开始增加了11.7名患者/月.
- 授权时间的中位数减少到1周,90%的提供者报告了减少PA负担和改善患者护理.
结论:
- 本研究提出了第一个经过验证的操作策略,以改善癌症治疗的准入,同时降低PA负担.
- 这种基于跨学科的PA法规的新方法显示出解决医疗和外科瘤学的进入障碍的前景.
- 重新设计显示了在其他瘤学环境中采用的潜力,以提高患者护理和运营效率.
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