scholarly journals Validation and implementation of a mobile app decision support system for quality assurance of multidisciplinary tumor boards (MTD) to optimize management of advanced testicular cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. e2215
Author(s):  
A.Y. Ural ◽  
T. Elter ◽  
M. Hallek ◽  
D. Pfister ◽  
A. Heidenreich
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 399-399
Author(s):  
Yasemin Ural ◽  
Axel Heidenreich ◽  
Thomas Elter ◽  
Yasemin Yilmaz ◽  
David A. Pfister

399 Background: Guideline-compliance in the management of GCT is suboptimal concerning and it results in significantly impaired long-term survival. To facilitating guideline concordant decisions even in less experienced MTD, we developed an algorithm-driven and validated mobile App to provide evidence-based recommendations. This App contains latest guideline versions and it is continuously updated to include practice changing clinical trials. It is the purpose of this study to analyse treatment decision made by MTD compared to guideline recommended therapy. Methods: 302 patients with GCT and MTD decision were randomly selected from our database. Concordance rates of MTD recommendations were compared to query results of the digital APP “Easy Oncology” performed by 2 independent, blinded reviewers. Descriptive statistics and data analysis included IBM´s statistics software SPSS Version 25. Correlation analysis of cancer case characteristics was performed by Kendalls Tau, Gamma, Pearson and Spearman tests. Results: Median age was 35 (18-82) years. Clinical stages I, IIA-C, and III were identified in 32%, 37%, and 31%, resp. According to IGCCCG 56%, 18%, and 25% demonstrated good, intermediate, and poor prognosis, resp. 56% were non-seminomas and 44% were seminomas. 60%, 16%, and 7% of MTD decisions were related to 1st-line, 2nd, and 3rd line therapy and 18% dealt with follow up. Overall concordance rate was 99% (301/302). Concordance rates in CS I, IIA-C, and III were 100%, 98% and 99%, resp. Concordance rates with regard to 1st, 2nd and 3rd line therapy were 99% (135/136), 100%, and 88% (13/14). Conclusions: Our validated expert-created mobile decision support system demonstrates easy and reliable application in daily routine in an expert tertiary referral centre. The APP relies on guideline and trial based information and avoids MTD decisions by expert opinions. It might improve the MTD decision in less experienced MTDs which is currently evaluated in a prospective study.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Hoon Lee ◽  
Eun Ju Ha ◽  
Jung Hwan Baek ◽  
Miyoung Choi ◽  
Seung Eun Jung ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 3931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose A. Gegundez-Fernandez ◽  
Jose I. Fernandez-Vigo ◽  
David Diaz-Valle ◽  
Rosalia Mendez-Fernandez ◽  
Ricardo Cuiña-Sardiña ◽  
...  

Quality education is regarded as an essential provider to the country’s economic advancement. This study aimed to design and develop a Program-Based Quality Assurance Model with Decision Support System for St. Paul University Philippines. The researcher created a model and developed a database management tool to assess the quality assurance mechanism employed by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) and Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) to ensure a reliable delivery of quality education on the program it provides. The study employed the Rapid Application Development Model for the software development and Quantitative method using descriptive survey was used to gather data. The problems, issues, and challenges in accreditation with respect to preparation, document and records management and reporting were utilized by the researcher for the development of the system. The developed system is a web-based application, thus, can be easily accessed. As a result, the system effectively stores and retrieved data needed for the preparation of documents and records for accreditation. Thus, the features of the developed system were accepted to be useful based on the results of the evaluation in accordance with the software compliance criteria of ISO 25010 Software Quality Standards with overall weighted mean of 4.12 12 with a descriptive interpretation of “Great Extent”. The developed system can be of great help to the Accreditation Team to monitor accomplishments of all programs along with the recommendations for proper documentation and record keeping.


Author(s):  
Fabian Constante ◽  
Juan Guevara ◽  
Catarina Silva ◽  
Dulce Goncalves ◽  
Luis Marcelino

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