title: Measuring opportunities to improve timeliness of breast cancer care at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center.
abstract: The authors sought to measure the timeliness of care for patients with breast cancer at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center throughout the treatment continuum, and to identify sources of variation that may serve as targets for improving care delivery. This report describes the methods that were developed to measure and analyze baseline performance.
authors.affiliation: From the aDepartment of Medical Oncology, and bDepartment of Quality and Patient Safety, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; cDepartment of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; and dDepartment of Surgery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bunnell
authors.forename: Katya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Losk
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadish
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirshfield-Bartek
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cutone
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Camuso
authors.forename: Mehra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golshan
authors.forename: Saul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weingart
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013997:Time Factors