scholarly journals Governance in/of Cancer Care and Stewardship in Cancer Control

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Marjetka Jelenc ◽  
Tit Albreht ◽  
Mateja Lamovšek ◽  
Antonio Federici ◽  
Peter Nagy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Action Project ◽  
Control Programmes ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
First Time

In the literature in the field of cancer care, especially in the literature concerning national cancer control programmes, the terms governance and stewardship in/of cancer care are used, but usually not explained or defined. Therefore, we planned a systematic literature review in order to find the definitions of the terms governance and stewardship in/of cancer care. It was planned to create new definitions of the mentioned terms in case of unsuccessful finds. A literature review using PubMed, Google and MeSH as well as an opportunistic search for extra articles and chapters from books and grey literature was performed. Most of the found and analysed articles did not give exact explanation of the terms governance/stewardship in/of cancer care or they cited older articles (published before the year 2000) where the terms are used mostly in the field of clinical governance or in the completely other fileds, mostly banking, economy, religion or spirituality. Therefore, it was decided in the working group of experts from different European countries collaborating within in the work package Governance of integrated and comprehensive cancer care in the frame of the Innovative Partnership for the Action Against Cancer Joint Action project on cancer to create new definitions which we are presenting for the first time. The new definitions will facilitate the understanding of the leadership tasks in the area of cancer care and cancer control and will be particularly useful in the field of cancer programmes.

scholarly journals Definiranje izrazov krovno upravljanje v obvladovanju raka ter vodenje in nadzor obvladovanja raka

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjetka Jelenc ◽  
Tit Albreht
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Work Package ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Control Programmes ◽  
Year 2000

In the literature concerning national cancer control programmes and cancer care in general, the terms governance and/or stewardship in/of cancer care are frequently used. However, the terms are not defined or explained. In the frame of the project Innovative Partnership for Action Against Cancer (iPAAC JA) a systematic literature review in order to find the definitions of the terms governance and stewardship in/of cancer care was performed. In case of unsuccessful finds creation of new definitions of the mentioned terms was planned. We performed a literature review using Google, Pub Med, and MeSH and an opportunistic search for chapters from books, extra articles and grey literature. The analysed articles did not give definitions or exact explanations of the terms governance/stewardship in/of cancer care. In some of them older articles, published before the year 2000 were cited. However, the terms in older articles were used in the completely other fileds, mostly economy, banking, spirituality, religion or in the field of clinical governance. The working group of experts from different European institutions and countries collaborating in the work package Governance of integrated and comprehensive cancer care of the iPAAC JA decided to create new definitions, which will be particularly useful in the field of cancer control programmes and will facilitate the understanding of the leadership tasks in the demanding area of cancer care as well as cancer control.

scholarly journals Joint Action on cancer iPAAC - building on experience and streamlining recommendations for the future

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Jelenc ◽  
T Albreht
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
The Other ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
European Code ◽  
And Control

Abstract Background Policy initiatives, proposals and projects often end up proposing solutions and/or measures that are eventually either not or only partially implemented or they are lacking a system, which would consistently evaluate their implementation and/or impact. Good solutions are often not visible enough to the broader professional community and it is important to identify certain outstanding challenges in cancer control and policy. Driven by the need to better use the outputs from projects on cancer policy, European Commission was trying to address two challenges - one was in solving the problems with the implementation and use of the solutions that have already been proposed and the other one in identifying the outstanding challenges in cancer policy. Results We have decided to follow the structure to develop a series of recommendations and examples of good practices at the national level by selected areas. These would be streamlined into a roadmap to support policymakers at the national and EU level in formulating their cancer policies. Three pairs of targeted recommendations have been identified: Cancer prevention, including health promotion, implementation of the European Code Against Cancer and the reshaping and extension of cancer registriesGenomics and immunotherapy in cancerChallenges in cancer care and governance of cancer control Conclusions Multinational collaboration can bring about important consensual solutions, which build on the existing good practices in the countries. This can be combined well with the existing work on specific areas, carried out both internationally and nationally. Consensus building on jointly defined challenges represents a task that appears to be resolved rather pragmatically. Key message It is important that advance in cancer care and control are quickly analysed and that policymakers receive up-to-date recommendations to improve their policies on cancer control.

Processes, challenges and recommendations of grey literature review: An experience report

2021 ◽  
pp. 106607
Author(s):  
He Zhang ◽  
Runfeng Mao ◽  
Huang Huang ◽  
Qiming Dai ◽  
Xin Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Experience Report

scholarly journals Quality management systems in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: a review of the literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. e001091
Author(s):  
Jenifer Olive Darr ◽  
Richard C Franklin ◽  
Kristin Emma McBain-Rigg ◽  
Sarah Larkins ◽  
Yvette Roe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Health Service ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Continuous Quality

BackgroundA national accreditation policy for the Australian primary healthcare (PHC) system was initiated in 2008. While certification standards are mandatory, little is known about their effects on the efficiency and sustainability of organisations, particularly in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) sector.AimThe literature review aims to answer the following: to what extent does the implementation of the International Organisation for Standardization 9001:2008 quality management system (QMS) facilitate efficiency and sustainability in the ACCHS sector?MethodsThematic analysis of peer-reviewed and grey literature was undertaken from Australia and New Zealand PHC sector with a focus on First Nations people. The databases searched included Medline, Scopus and three Informit sites (AHB-ATSIS, AEI-ATSIS and AGIS-ATSIS). The initial search strategy included quality improvement, continuous quality improvement, efficiency and sustainability.ResultsSixteen included studies were assessed for quality using the McMaster criteria. The studies were ranked against the criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. Three central themes emerged: accreditation (n=4), quality improvement (n=9) and systems strengthening (n=3). The accreditation theme included effects on health service expenditure and clinical outcomes, consistency and validity of accreditation standards and linkages to clinical governance frameworks. The quality improvement theme included audit effectiveness and value for specific population health. The theme of systems strengthening included prerequisite systems and embedded clinical governance measures for innovative models of care.ConclusionThe ACCHS sector warrants reliable evidence to understand the value of QMSs and enhancement tools, particularly given ACCHS (client-centric) services and their specialist status. Limited evidence exists for the value of standards on health system sustainability and efficiency in Australia. Despite a mandatory second certification standard, no studies reported on sustainability and efficiency of a QMS in PHC.

Legally Enforceable Smart-Contract Languages

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Vimal Dwivedi ◽  
Vishwajeet Pattanaik ◽  
Vipin Deval ◽  
Abhishek Dixit ◽  
Alex Norta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Smart contracts are a key component of today’s blockchains. They are critical in controlling decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO). However, smart contracts are not yet legally binding nor enforceable; this makes it difficult for businesses to adopt the DAO paradigm. Therefore, this study reviews existing Smart Contract Languages (SCL) and identifies properties that are critical to any future SCL for drafting legally binding contracts. This is achieved by conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of white- and grey literature published between 2015 and 2019. Using the SLR methodology, 45 Selected and 28 Supporting Studies detailing 45 state-of-the-art SCLs are selected. Finally, 10 SCL properties that enable legally compliant DAOs are discovered, and specifications for developing SCLs are explored.

Digital transformation of organizations: what do we know and where to go next?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Jedynak ◽  
Wojciech Czakon ◽  
Aneta Kuźniarska ◽  
Karolina Mania
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Domain

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the development of the digital transformation literature and to the systematic literature review methodology.Design/methodology/approachThe authors run a systematic literature review, followed by a rigorous thematic analysis of both academic and grey literature dataset, in order to develop a conceptual map of organizations' digital transformation. The authors aggregate the concepts and topics identified across the literature to find that they overwhelmingly tackle digital business models. At the same time, the authors identify a major blind spot resulting from ignoring the organization itself as a unit of analysis.FindingsThe findings show that developing a digital theory of the organization or the theory of digitally transformed organization is a major challenge to management researchers. The analysis exposed numerous research gaps that can be helpful for future research directions.Originality/valueDigital transformation research enjoys an increasingly rapid rise to recognition across many academic disciplines and strongly impacts the management domain. adopt the view that published documents reflect the collective understanding of a phenomenon. This paper contributes to filtering the digital transformation literature, clarify complex relation between digital transformations of organizations and identify the key blind points.

Clinical Governance Benchmarking Issues in Oncology: Aggressiveness of Cancer Care and Consumption of Strong Opioids. A Single-Center Experience on Measurement of Quality of Care

2010 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petros Giovanis ◽  
Giovanni De Leonardis ◽  
Antonella Garna ◽  
Viviana Lovat ◽  
Francesca Caldart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Single Center Experience ◽  
Strong Opioids

The role of the GP in follow-up cancer care: a systematic literature review

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 990-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Meiklejohn ◽  
Alexander Mimery ◽  
Jennifer H. Martin ◽  
Ross Bailie ◽  
Gail Garvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Cancer Care

scholarly journals Managing alarm systems for quality and safety in the hospital setting

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e000202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tita Alissa Bach ◽  
Lars-Martin Berglund ◽  
Eva Turk
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Alarm Systems ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Technical Factors ◽  
Quality In Healthcare

ObjectiveTo provide an overview of documented studies and initiatives that demonstrate efforts to manage and improve alarm systems for quality in healthcare by human, organisational and technical factors.MethodsA literature review, a grey literature review, interviews and a review of alarm-related standards (IEC 60601-1-8, IEC 62366-1:2015 and ANSI/Advancement of Medical Instrumentation HE 75:2009/2013) were conducted. Qualitative analysis was conducted to identify common themes of improvement elements in the literature and grey literature reviews, interviews and the review of alarm-related standards.Results21 articles and 7 publications on alarm quality improvement work were included in the literature and grey literature reviews, in which 10 themes of improvement elements were identified. The 10 themes were categorised into human factors (alarm training and education, multidisciplinary teamwork, alarm safety culture), organisational factors (alarm protocols and standard procedures, alarm assessment and evaluation, alarm inventory and prioritisation, and sharing and learning) and technical factors (machine learning, alarm configuration and alarm design). 26 clinicians were interviewed. 9 of the 10 themes were identified from the interview responses. The review of the standards identified 3 of the 10 themes. The study findings are also presented in a step-by-step guide to optimise implementation of the improvement elements for healthcare organisations.ConclusionsImproving alarm safety can be achieved by incorporating human, organisational and technical factors in an integrated approach. There is still a gap between alarm-related standards and how the standards are translated into practice, especially in a clinical environment that uses multiple alarming medical devices from different manufacturers. Standardisation across devices and manufacturers and the use of machine learning in improving alarm safety should be discussed in future collaboration between alarm manufacturers, end users and regulators.

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