With the increased complexity, digitalization and multilayered structure of the modern healthcare system, process management and quality assurance became key concepts for efficacy, efficiency, and good clinical practice. The management of head and neck cancer requires a multidisciplinary team approach, integrating imaging, pathology, head and neck surgery, maxillofacial surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, social and psychological support, administrative units etc. The lack of a close and seamless collaboration of these disciplines jeopardizes the treatment quality, wastes limited resources, and reduces patient as well as employee satisfaction. Furthermore, it is not realistic to expect that this may be implemented without the use of a comprehensive and user-friendly electronic health record management system.
To this special issue of Frontiers in Oncology, we would like to invite international specialists in the above-mentioned fields to address this issue in separate corresponding articles. Our aim is to provide an overview of the current and expected problems, and suggest solutions for institutions and collaborative groups to optimize the management of and research in head and neck cancer.
The scope of the special issue is to address each of the following topics in corresponding articles:
- Electronic Health Record Management, workflow optimization
- Head and Neck & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Radiation Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Pathology
- Integration of supportive care units (e.g. social and psychological support, speech and swallowing therapy, nutritional support)
Please note: manuscripts consisting solely of bioinformatics or computational analysis of public genomic or transcriptomic databases which are not accompanied by validation with an independent cohort of new cases will not be accepted in any of the sections of Frontiers in Oncology.
With the increased complexity, digitalization and multilayered structure of the modern healthcare system, process management and quality assurance became key concepts for efficacy, efficiency, and good clinical practice. The management of head and neck cancer requires a multidisciplinary team approach, integrating imaging, pathology, head and neck surgery, maxillofacial surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, social and psychological support, administrative units etc. The lack of a close and seamless collaboration of these disciplines jeopardizes the treatment quality, wastes limited resources, and reduces patient as well as employee satisfaction. Furthermore, it is not realistic to expect that this may be implemented without the use of a comprehensive and user-friendly electronic health record management system.
To this special issue of Frontiers in Oncology, we would like to invite international specialists in the above-mentioned fields to address this issue in separate corresponding articles. Our aim is to provide an overview of the current and expected problems, and suggest solutions for institutions and collaborative groups to optimize the management of and research in head and neck cancer.
The scope of the special issue is to address each of the following topics in corresponding articles:
- Electronic Health Record Management, workflow optimization
- Head and Neck & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Radiation Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Pathology
- Integration of supportive care units (e.g. social and psychological support, speech and swallowing therapy, nutritional support)
Please note: manuscripts consisting solely of bioinformatics or computational analysis of public genomic or transcriptomic databases which are not accompanied by validation with an independent cohort of new cases will not be accepted in any of the sections of Frontiers in Oncology.
