Barriers to Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Care in a Community Oncology Practice

Muralidhar Beeram; Andrew Kennedy; Nathan Hales

doi:10.1200/edbk_320967

journal article Jun 01, 2021

Barriers to Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Care in a Community Oncology Practice

Muralidhar Beeram Andrew Kennedy Nathan Hales

American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book No. 41 pp. e236-e245 · American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

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Abstract

Complex, coordinated, and collaborative care of patients with head and neck cancer can be challenging yet amazingly rewarding and successful. The high symptom burden across multiple functional domains in patients with head and neck cancer, even in early stages of disease, mandates a multidisciplinary team approach that harnesses the combined contributions of physicians and ancillary providers to drive greater patient-centered care, addressing factors that heavily influence morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. Well-organized community-based multidisciplinary teams fulfill this unmet need and benefit patients with conveniently located comprehensive services that are typically found in large academic centers. Equivalent, if not superior, outcomes can be achieved in a unified community-based multidisciplinary team with shared patient-centered and outcomes-based goals. However, implementing true multidisciplinary team care in today’s complex health care environment is fraught with challenges and pitfalls. So how have some community-based practices managed to create safe and efficient programs with successful outcomes? The purpose of this review is to discuss barriers to reaching this success and emphasize practical solutions to such challenges.

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Published: Jun 01, 2021
Vol/Issue: (41)
Pages: e236-e245

Authors

M

Muralidhar Beeram

The START Center for Cancer Care, San Antonio, TX

A

Andrew Kennedy

Sarah Cannon, Nashville, TN

N

Nathan Hales

San Antonio Head and Neck, San Antonio, TX

Cite This Article

Muralidhar Beeram, Andrew Kennedy, Nathan Hales (2021). Barriers to Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Care in a Community Oncology Practice. American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book(41), e236-e245. https://doi.org/10.1200/edbk_320967

Barriers to Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Care in a Community Oncology Practice

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