Department of Palliative Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2021 Apr 14;23(6):62. doi: 10.1007/s11912-021-01061-7.
Hospitals and healthcare organizations are today operating in an extremely competitive environment, with increasing pressure to improve quality while reducing costs. In responding to this dynamic situation, transformation of any organization requires the will to organize delivery around the needs of patients.
Providing palliative care to the many who require it needs the value agenda to be formulated based on mutually reinforcing components. Here we present an overview of the framework for a palliative care department in a comprehensive cancer center, which includes different levels that are embedded within a comprehensive system. Detailed information on each level is presented, followed by a discussion of quality of care, as an integrating theme for the framework. The chapter concludes by detailing the benefits that a comprehensive cancer palliative care center provides to a country's healthcare efforts through service, education, research, and advocacy.
医院和医疗保健组织如今在竞争激烈的环境中运营，面临着提高质量和降低成本的双重压力。为了应对这种动态局面，任何组织的转型都需要有意愿围绕患者的需求组织服务提供。
为众多需要的人提供姑息治疗需要根据相互加强的组成部分制定价值议程。在这里，我们概述了综合癌症中心姑息治疗科的框架，其中包括嵌入综合系统内的不同层次。本文详细介绍了每个层次的信息，然后讨论了护理质量，作为框架的一个整合主题。最后一章详细说明了综合癌症姑息治疗中心通过服务、教育、研究和宣传为国家医疗保健工作带来的好处。
