Meeting the challenge of unscheduled outpatient visits.
Cancer patients receive multimodal therapy and treatments on an ongoing basis in free-standing cancer centers, infusion centers, and oncology offices and at home. To serve those who require unscheduled evaluation for treatment effects, one hospital developed a program to receive those visits on an inpatient cancer unit.
Shirkman
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
Cloutier
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Tittle
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Massaro
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Munroe
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D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*