Striving to Fill in Gaps between Clinical Practice and Standards: The Evolution of a Pan-Canadian Approach to Patient-Reported Outcomes Use

Amanda Caissie; Robert Olson; Lisa Barbera; Jennifer O'Donnell; Carol-Anne Davis; Jennifer Croke; Louise Bird; John Kildea; Erika Brown; Michael Brundage; Michael Milosevic

doi:10.3390/curroncol29050296

Striving to Fill in Gaps between Clinical Practice and Standards: The Evolution of a Pan-Canadian Approach to Patient-Reported Outcomes Use

Curr Oncol. 2022 May 19;29(5):3698-3707. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29050296.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 1V7, Canada.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, University of British Columbia, Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada.
³ Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 5P9, Canada.
⁵ Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M6B 1V2, Canada.
⁶ Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy, Carlyle, SK S0C 0R0, Canada.
⁷ Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T5, Canada.
⁸ Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, Ottawa, ON K2K 2E2, Canada.

Abstract

Despite the known importance and necessity of the standardized collection and use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), there remain challenges to successful clinical implementation. Facilitated through a quality improvement initiative spearheaded by the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR), and now guided by the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO)'s Quality and Standards Committee, patient representatives and early-adopter radiation treatment programs continue to champion the expansion of PROs initiatives across the country. The current review discusses the evolution of a pan-Canadian approach to PROs use, striving to fill in gaps between clinical practice and guideline recommendations through multi-centre and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Keywords: Big Data; patient-reported outcomes; quality improvement; radiotherapy.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Canada
Humans
Patient Reported Outcome Measures*
Radiation Oncology*

Grants and funding

This work (initiative ID#33214) was conducted with financial and strategic backing from the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, which works with Canada’s cancer community to reduce the burden of cancer on Canadians.