 A weekly meeting of the Tumor Board Once a week, physicians from a range of specialties and representatives from hospice, social services, pharmacy, dietary, and nursing meet to discuss new cancer cases diagnosed in Whatcom County. This allows the physician who is coordinating the patient's treatment to gain input from many health care professionals in a wide range of specialties. Patient names are withheld.
National
research suggests that quality of care is significantly improved as
a result of this type of review. For more information on this service, please
e-mail Shelly
Smits, Cancer Program
Specialist. |
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Cancer Services |