Survivorship Care Plans to inform the primary care physician: results from the ROGY care pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole P. M. Ezendam ◽  
Kim A. H. Nicolaije ◽  
Roy F. P. M. Kruitwagen ◽  
Johanna M. A. Pijnenborg ◽  
M. Caroline Vos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Primary Care Physician ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Care Physician ◽  
Survivorship Care Plans ◽  
Survivorship Care ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cluster Randomized

scholarly journals Views of family physicians about survivorship care plans to provide breast cancer follow-up care: exploration of results from a randomized controlled trial

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. O'Brien ◽  
E. Grunfeld ◽  
J. Sussman ◽  
G. Porter ◽  
M. Hammond Mobilio
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Survivorship Care Plan ◽  
Survivorship Care Plans ◽  
Survivorship Care ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Background The U.S. Institute of Medicine recommends that cancer patients receive survivorship care plans, but evaluations to date have found little evidence of the effectiveness of such plans. We conducted a qualitative follow-on study to a randomized controlled trial (rct) to understand the experiences of family physicians using survivorship care plans to support the follow-up of breast cancer patients.MethodsA subset of family physicians whose patients were enrolled in the parent rct in Ontario and Nova Scotia were eligible for this study. In interviews, the physicians discussed survivorship care plans (intervention) or usual discharge letters (control), and their confidence in providing follow-up cancer care.Results Of 123 eligible family physicians, 18 (10 intervention, 8 control) were interviewed. In general, physicians receiving a survivorship care plan found only the 1-page care record to be useful. Physicians who received only a discharge letter had variable views about the letter’s usefulness; several indicated that it lacked information about potential cancer- or treatment-related problems. Most physicians were comfortable providing care 3–5 years after diagnosis, but desired timely and informative communication with oncologists. Conclusions Although family physicians did not find extensive survivorship care plans useful, discharge letters might not be sufficiently comprehensive for follow-up breast cancer care. Effective strategies for two-way communication between family physicians and oncologists are still lacking.

scholarly journals Osteoporosis Improvement: A Large-Scale Randomized Controlled Trial of Patient and Primary Care Physician Education

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1808-1815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel H Solomon ◽  
Jeffrey N Katz ◽  
Joel S Finkelstein ◽  
Jennifer M Polinski ◽  
Margaret Stedman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Primary Care Physician ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Care Physician ◽  
Physician Education ◽  
Randomized Controlled
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