Given the increasing complexity of cancer care,multidisciplinary tumor boards have become essential in daily clinical oncology *** projectextension for communityhealthcareoutcomes(ECHO)initiative developed an innov...
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Given the increasing complexity of cancer care,multidisciplinary tumor boards have become essential in daily clinical oncology *** project extension for community healthcare outcomes(ECHO)initiative developed an innovative telementoring model using a"hub and spoke"design consisting of a team of experts(hub)that offers a full service to multiple participants(the spokes)during regularly scheduled sessions discussing patients'clinical *** Alexander Fleming Cancer Institute in Buenos Aires was the first hub in Latin America to implement project ECHO for gastrointestinal *** our 3-year experience,80 patients from 37 centers were evaluated within project ECHO and a range of three to five cases were discussed in each *** our perspective,the impact of this novel approach was a remarkable strategy to reduce care disparities by equalizing access to high-quality medical knowledge in a multidisciplinary environment for medical ***,it was shown to have a cost-effective impact directly on the patients and the local health system,since relevant costs were saved after unnecessary treatments,studies and travel expenses were avoided.
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