Mary Ellen Koran1, Andrew J Lipnik2, Jennifer C Baker2, Filip Banovac2, Reed A Omary2, Daniel B Brown3. 1. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. 2. Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. 3. Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: daniel.b.brown@vanderbilt.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We tested the hypothesis that establishing a dedicated interventional oncology (IO) clinical service line would increase clinic visits and procedural volumes at a single quaternary care academic medical center. METHODS: Two time periods were defined: July 2012 to June 2013 (pre-IO clinic) and July 2013 to June 2014 (first year of dedicated IO service). Staff was recruited, and clinic space was provided in the institution's comprehensive cancer center. Clinic visits and procedure numbers were documented using the institution's electronic medical record and billing forms. IO procedures included were transarterial chemoembolization, Y-90 radioembolization, perfusion mapping for Y-90, portal vein embolization, and bland embolization. We compared changes in clinic visit and procedure numbers using paired t tests. Changes after IO initiation were compared to 1-year changes in the Medicare 5% Limited Data Set by cross-referencing Current Procedure Terminology and International Classification of Diseases codes in 2012 and 2013. RESULTS: Clinic visits increased from 9 to 204 (P = .003, t = 8.89, df = 3). Procedures increased from 60 to 239 (P = .018, t = 3.85, df = 4). Procedural volumes increased at least 150% for each subtype. The volumes in the 5% Limited Data Set did not change significantly over the 2-year period (443 to 385, P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: The establishment of a dedicated IO service significantly increased clinic visits and procedural volumes. National trends were unchanged, suggesting that the impact of our program was not part of a sudden increase of IO procedures.
PURPOSE: We tested the hypothesis that establishing a dedicated interventional oncology (IO) clinical service line would increase clinic visits and procedural volumes at a single quaternary care academic medical center. METHODS: Two time periods were defined: July 2012 to June 2013 (pre-IO clinic) and July 2013 to June 2014 (first year of dedicated IO service). Staff was recruited, and clinic space was provided in the institution's comprehensive cancer center. Clinic visits and procedure numbers were documented using the institution's electronic medical record and billing forms. IO procedures included were transarterial chemoembolization, Y-90 radioembolization, perfusion mapping for Y-90, portal vein embolization, and bland embolization. We compared changes in clinic visit and procedure numbers using paired t tests. Changes after IO initiation were compared to 1-year changes in the Medicare 5% Limited Data Set by cross-referencing Current Procedure Terminology and International Classification of Diseases codes in 2012 and 2013. RESULTS: Clinic visits increased from 9 to 204 (P = .003, t = 8.89, df = 3). Procedures increased from 60 to 239 (P = .018, t = 3.85, df = 4). Procedural volumes increased at least 150% for each subtype. The volumes in the 5% Limited Data Set did not change significantly over the 2-year period (443 to 385, P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: The establishment of a dedicated IO service significantly increased clinic visits and procedural volumes. National trends were unchanged, suggesting that the impact of our program was not part of a sudden increase of IO procedures.
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