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How do you measure oncology service line integration?

Lindsay Conway on April 24, 2012  |  Permalink

Topics: Oncology, Service Lines, Strategic Alignment, Management Tools, Performance Improvement, Organizational Models, Workforce

Recently an Oncology Roundtable member asked me: How do you measure the degree of oncology service line integration? It’s an interesting question because so many cancer programs are working towards the goal of better communication and coordination across sub-specialties, but “integration” is a somewhat nebulous goal. For that reason, I like the idea of trying to make it more concrete by developing a set of objective measures.

While I can’t provide a definitive answer for how to measure integration, I wanted to share my thoughts.  I would love to hear your opinion as well.  You can add them to this post by typing into the box at the bottom of this page under the heading “Tell Us What You Think.”

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How do you measure oncology service line integration?