Scientific Plenary VI: Approaches to Improve Quality and Palliative Care in Gynecologic Cancers
Monday, March 24, 2014: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Ballroom B/C (Tampa Convention Center)
Description: This session will highlight innovative approaches to documenting and improving the quality of care for gynecologic oncology patients. In addition, participants will learn that palliative care is a component of quality of care in gynecologic oncology.
Moderator: Monique A. Spillman, MD, PhD, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
2:30 PM
Moderator Introductions
M. A. Spillman
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
2:36 PM
Hospital readmission (30-day) following surgery for advanced-stage ovarian cancer: analysis of risk factors and cost using the SEER-Medicare database
R. N. Eskander1, J. Chang2, A. Ziogas2, H. Anton-Culver3 and R. E. Bristow2
1University of California at Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, 2University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 3University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
2:47 PM
Cost analysis comparing universal tumor testing to clinically based criteria in the evaluation of endometrial adenocarcinomas for Lynch syndrome
A. S. Bruegl1, B. Djordjevic2, L. Rajyalakshmi1, K. H. Lu1, C. C. L. Sun1 and R. Broaddus1
1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2:58 PM
Lecturette
R. K. Gibb
Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
3:15 PM
Predictors of palliative care consultation on an inpatient gynecologic oncology service: are we following ASCO recommendations?
C. Lefkowits1, A. Binstock1, M. Courtney-Brooks1, W. Teuteberg1, J. Leahy1, P. Sukumvanich2 and J. L. Kelley III1
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
3:26 PM
Lecturette (Palliative Care)
L. M. Ramondetta
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
