title: OncoQUAL: a clinical instrument panel for quality assessment in cancer care.
abstract: We present OncoQUAL, a clinical instrument panel for quality assessment in cancer care. OncoQUAL is fully integrated in an oncological electronic patient record (OEPR) and it enables oncologists to interactively retrieve clinical data for performing process and outcome-based measures of quality of care. The capability of incorporating accurate and timely 'internal' quality measurements into the daily work of clinicians is essential for moving towards a user-oriented approach to the improvement of quality of care processes.
authors.affiliation: ITC-irst, Center for Scientific and Technology Research, Trento, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tonazzolli
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galligioni
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berloffa
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forti
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care