Towards new models of cancer care in Australia: lessons from Victoria's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Craig Underhill; Phillip Parente; Grant McArthur; Andrew Haydon; Sue Anne McLachlan; Zee Wan Wong; Eva Segelov; Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network

doi:10.1111/imj.15012

Towards new models of cancer care in Australia: lessons from Victoria's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Craig Underhill, Phillip Parente, Grant McArthur, Andrew Haydon, Sue Anne McLachlan, Zee Wan Wong, Eva Segelov, Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network

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Abstract

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services Victoria (DHHS), the Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC) and Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) pooled their combined infrastructure to establish the Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network (VCCN) backed by a Taskforce of expert members. In a few short months, this state-wide clinical network implemented a number of new models of care including clinics to manage acutely presenting cancer patients away from emergency departments, chemotherapy in the home, telehealth models and addressing sustainability of clinical trials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1282-1285
Number of pages	4
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	50
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15012
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2020

Keywords

cancer
COVID-19
health services administration
tele-health

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Towards new models of cancer care in Australia : lessons from Victoria's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. / Underhill, Craig; Parente, Phillip; McArthur, Grant; Haydon, Andrew; McLachlan, Sue Anne; Wong, Zee Wan ; Segelov, Eva; Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network.

In: Internal Medicine Journal, Vol. 50, No. 10, 01.10.2020, p. 1282-1285.

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