Table 1.
PC-PAICE 2018 Cohort Description
| Indian QI Sites 2017–2018 | Project Goal | U.S. and Australian Mentor Sites |
|---|---|---|
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi | Decrease the time between registration at head & neck cancer clinic and referral to palliative medicine for patients with advanced oral cancer from an average of 50 days to 10 days | Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| CIPLA Palliative Care Center, Pune, Maharashtra | Achieve an increase from 0% to 30% of accepted referrals of patients with solid tumors who are receiving anticancer treatment with curative intent from Indrayani Hospital | Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Homi Bhaba Cancer and Research Center, Andhra Pradesh | Increase the number of home visits for patients in need from two to three per week to at least six per week by June 2018 | Duke Univeristy, Durham, NC |
| MNJ Institute of Oncology Regional Cancer Center, Hyderabad, Telangana | Improve coordination and transmission of patient goals of care, from hospital to hospice providers, from 1.5 to 5 (on a 0–10 rating confidence score as graded by the hospice doctor) | University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra | Increase referral of outpatients with Stage IV nonsmall cell lung cancer and ECOG status 0–2, planned for palliative chemotherapy/targeted therapy to 75% for early palliative care | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
| Thrissur Institute of Palliative Care, Thrissur, Kerala | Document discussion of prognostication in 75% of the newly registered patients with cancer and/or the principal family members, within a span of five months | University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Increase the satisfaction score for the quality of delivered care to our patients: of doctors from 5.3 to 7.5 and of nurses from 6.2 to 8.0 | Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
PC-PAICE = Palliative Care—Promoting Access and Improvement of the Cancer Experience; QI = quality improvement; ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.