[The management by the processes in a cancer center, an utopian initiative?]

Bull Cancer. 2008 Jul-Aug;95(7):661-71. doi: 10.1684/bdc.2008.0639.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The process approach is a mode of quality improvement. It leans on the cartography's establishment, allows to redefine organization around patients trajectory, the measure of defects and their correction. The process pilot is a new actor in the management of the establishment. It is developed since 3 years in the Institute Claudius Regaud, regional cancer center treatment of Midi-Pyrénées.

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care / standards
  • Appointments and Schedules
  • Cancer Care Facilities / organization & administration*
  • Cancer Care Facilities / standards
  • Efficiency, Organizational*
  • France
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Pilot Projects
  • Process Assessment, Health Care / methods*
  • Process Assessment, Health Care / standards
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Telephone
  • Total Quality Management / methods*
  • Total Quality Management / standards