Salutare One Referral Software Impact on Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings Effectiveness and Safety
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: MDT referral and review software.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cancer (Solid Tumors), Sarcoma. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United Kingdom
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Single Cohort Before and After Mixed-methods Prospective Study to Investigate the Impact of the Salutare One Referral Software on Patient Outcomes, Safety and Effectiveness of Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings
Overview
Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings are crucial for planning patient care in the National Health Service (NHS), but they can be time-consuming and sometimes lack complete patient information. This can lead to delays in treatment decisions, potentially incomplete care plans, or the need to repeatedly discuss the same patient cases. This study aims to test a new software called Salutare One Referral. One Referral is designed to make these meetings more efficient and effective. We want to see if this software can help healthcare staff prepare MDT referral information more easily and facilitate a more informed MDT discussion, which could lead to better patient care. If successful, this could help improve how MDTs operate across the NHS.
Detailed description
This study aims to evaluate the safety, implementation effectiveness and feasibility of the Salutare One Referral software, a new tool designed to enhance Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings. MDT meetings are recognized as the preferred means of delivering complex care for both chronic and acute diseases. However, there remains significant diversity in the purpose, structure, processes, and content of MDT meetings, as well as in how effectively they have been integrated into clinical practice.
Common issues observed in MDTs include:
* Deferring discussions due to incomplete medical history * Re-discussing the same cases due to inadequate recording of previous discussions * Failure to systematically manage cases to meet local and national targets The Salutare One Referral software is designed to address these challenges by streamlining the referral process, improving information sharing, and enhancing decision-making processes in MDT meetings. By potentially enhancing MDT efficiency, this study could lead to faster and better-coordinated patient care, reducing delays in treatment planning and implementation.
Study Design: This is a "before and after" study, observing MDT operations without the software, then with the software, followed by another period without it. MDT members will use the Salutare One Referral software during their regular meetings and complete questionnaires about their experience. The study will also analyse pseudonymized patient data to assess any changes in MDT review effectiveness. If successful, this study could lead to more efficient and effective MDT meetings, potentially resulting in improved patient care coordination across the NHS.
Interventions
- Other MDT referral and review software
Use of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meeting software to submit, review and discuss referrals
Primary outcome measures
- One Referral system safety in facilitating effective MDT meetings [Time frame: 8 weeks (4 MDT meetings) for complex MDTs or 4 weeks (8 MDT meetings) for high-volume MDTs]
- One Referral system implementation feasibility in facilitating effective MDT meetings [Time frame: 8 weeks (4 MDT meetings) for complex MDTs or 4 weeks (8 MDT meetings) for high-volume MDTs]
- One Referral system acceptability to MDT panel members acceptability in facilitating [Time frame: 8 weeks (4 MDT meetings) for complex MDTs or 4 weeks (8 MDT meetings) for high-volume MDTs]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- MDT meeting Panel Members, Coordinators and staff submitting MDT referrals will take part in this study.
Exclusion criteria
- MDT meeting Panel Members, Coordinators and staff submitting MDT referrals who are unwilling or unable to take part in the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United Kingdom · 1 center
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital — London
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07104955 · Salutare 01/2024 · IRAS 347710