Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of cancer who have undergone brachytherapy or external beam radiation therapy who have a treatment summary report in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s) providing continuing care and to the patient within one month of completing treatment
Patients who have a treatment summary* report in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s) providing continuing care and to the patient within one month of completing treatment
Denominator
1.15 Denominator
All patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of cancer who have undergone brachytherapy or external beam radiation therapy
Exclusions
Exclusions
Documentation of a patient reason(s) for not communicating the treatment summary report to the physician(s) providing continuing care (eg, patient requests that report not be sent) and to the patient within one month of completing treatment
Documentation of a system reason(s) for not communicating the treatment summary report to the physician(s) providing continuing care (eg, patient does not have any physician responsible for providing continuing care) and to the patient within one month of completing treatment
Measure Record
Most Recent Endorsement Activity
Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Cancer Fall Cycle 2017
Initial Endorsement
Last Updated
Removal Date
Point of Contact
Steward Organization
American Society for Radiation Oncology
Steward POC email
Nadine.Eads@astro.org
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