Positive economic impact of navify® Clinical Hub for Tumor Boards
Success story
University of Missouri, USA
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, a part of University of Missouri Health Care, is on a mission to not only treat cancer, but to defeat it. The most advanced technology and leading-edge research offers the safest, most effective and personalized treatment options.
• Academic health system
• Provides screening, diagnosis and treatment, all under one roof
Improved efficiencies at University of Missouri
University of Missouri (MU) Ellis Fischel Cancer Center is recognized as a leader in cancer care, with state-of-the-art facilities and technologies. MU’s multidisciplinary, highly collaborative approach ensures a personalized treatment plan for each patient. Implementing navify Clinical Hub for Tumor Boards across four tumor boards achieved a reduction in per-case discussion costs of 40–52%.3*
Situation
Ten subspecialty tumor boards relied on legacy technologies and data from disparate sources, manually searched and added to PowerPoint presentations. Residents spent up to six hours a week preparing for each conference.1 MU needed an improved, electronic process to coordinate tumor board conferences and a streamlined method by which to pull and visualize data from diverse sources.
To make the best treatment decision, we have to apply the latest medical knowledge to a patient’s medical history, personal preferences and circumstances, test results, images, reports and other information. navify solution elevates our efficiency and confidence by aggregating these resources.
Solution
MU onboarded navify Clinical Hub for Tumor Boards for four conferences in quick succession. MU’s Cerner EHR was integrated to automate preparation and presentation.
navify Clinical Hub for Tumor Boards streamlined processes and improved access to key patient data and assets (e.g. images), enabling participants to submit patient cases weeks in advance of tumor board meetings.
Results
Time savings in tumor board preparation and discussion time across user groups in multiple tumor boards2,3
Efficiency gains translated to cost savings in multiple tumor board specialties4
Standardized care coordination through significant variance reduction in case preparation and case discussion time2,3
- Albert C. Virtual tumor board platforms: a game changer for cancer case review. Cap Today [Internet]. 2019 Jan. Available from: https://www.captodayonline.com/newsbytes-0119/?print=pdf.
- Hammer RD, Fowler D, Sheets L, Siadimas A, Guo C, Prime MS. Digital tumor boards have a significant impact on case preparation time. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2020;4:757-68. DOI:10.1200/CCI.20.00029.
- Hammer RD, Fowler D, Sheets L, Siadimas A, Guo C, Prime M. A digital tumor board solution impacts case discussion time and postponement of cases in tumor boards. Health Technol. 2021 Feb 27. DOI:10.1007/s12553-021-00533-x.
- Cost-effectiveness of a digital tumor board software in an academic institution. Manuscript in preparation.
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- *The results are specific to MU. This is not a guarantee of results.