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Implementing survivorship care planning in two contrasting health systems: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34296383/
doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01073-z. Online ahead of print. 1 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected]. 2 Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected]. 3 Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N.
• Conclusion/Relevance: “These findings suggest that patients value careful consideration of health care needs during the transition out of treatment; SCP documents are one element of this. For many patients, models without additional visits and dynamic SCPs may be preferred.”
• Although less commonly implemented, survivorship care plans (SCPs) facilitate appropriate follow-up care. In the current, randomized controlled trial comparing three SCP delivery models in two health systems, researchers compared the feasibility of these models and related patient perception.
• The authors wrote, “SCPs were valued for information and care coordination, although their static nature was limiting, and sometimes SCP information differed from that provided elsewhere. Visits were opportunities for care and reassurance, but time and distance to the clinic were barriers.”