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Treatment Summaries in Radiation Oncology and Their Role in Improving Patients' Quality of Care: Past, Present, and Future

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Corresponding author: James A. Hayman, MD, MBA, Department of Radiation Oncology, UH B2C490, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, SPC 5010, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5010; hayman@umich.edu

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	Introduction

 
As a specialty that relies almost entirely on referrals from other physicians, radiation oncology has had a long tradition of emphasizing the importance of good communication with other physicians. In addition to the consultation note dictated before the start of treatment that typically concludes with a recommended treatment plan, the other key component of this process has been the creation of a treatment summary at the conclusion of a course of radiation. Anecdotally, the general impression throughout the US oncology community is that radiation oncologists always dictate a treatment summary and that the summaries are perceived as being quite useful. . . . [Click for More]

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