The single-staff model for bone marrow transplantation.
This paper will demonstrate the advantages of pursuing an integrated model of care that utilizes one staff of caregivers in one facility for all phases of patient care from the time of patient evaluation through the time the patient returns to the care of his or her primary physician. We took the opportunity afforded by the development of a new program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Program, to reconsider as many variables as possible in an attempt to develop a model of care that would represent the best of all worlds, i.e., high levels of quality of care, quality of life, staff job enrichment, patient convenience, operational efficiency, and cost reduction.
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Cancer Center, West Paces, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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D000407:Alabama; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011357:Product Line Management