COVID-19 restrictions on multidisciplinary team meeting decision-making: service evaluation in a major UK cancer centre

Use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: an explorative study based on EU healthcare professionals

“…Recent evaluations in the UK led some authors to suggest that virtual MTMs will be an alternative to face-to-face meetings and a standard component of future clinical workflows, 24 while others request Open access caution since quality of the multidisciplinary discussion was hampered. 25 Finally, the transition towards a new MTM model, more connected to its surroundings and capable of integrating different kinds of information, will lag unless HIS overcome current limitations for providing structured data, allowing MDTs to assess their performance and outcomes.…”

“…The use of ICTs was clearly accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent evaluations in the UK led some authors to suggest that virtual MTMs will be an alternative to face-to-face meetings and a standard component of future clinical workflows,24 while others request caution since quality of the multidisciplinary discussion was hampered 25…”

One‐year COVID‐19 outcomes on the oncology care patient pathway: Results of a French descriptive, cross‐sectional comprehensive study (ONCOCARE‐COV)

“…Without reaching usual levels, increases in activity during the post‐lockdown period were described in a British study. 32 As French COVID‐related health policy was national, no major‐specific adaptations were taken at a local level. We believe cancer care improved during the second wave due to a greater awareness of the entanglement between urgent and chronic care delivery associated with a better knowledge of COVID‐19 diagnosis, management, and prognosis.…”

“…Moreover, our results are consistent with other multicentric studies and COVID‐19 burden does not seem proportional to the healthcare system disruption. 25 , 28 , 32 Also, data collection was stopped in December 2020 at the onset of a pandemic resurgence which prevented us from analyzing the impact from a third wave. Finally, comparing 2020 activity with only 2019 without pooling data from previous years, may have altered the reliability of our usual activity data.…”

“…This could be interpreted as an impact of the resurgence of the COVID‐19 pandemic but at a lower intensity. Without reaching usual levels, increases in activity during the post‐lockdown period were described in a British study 32 . As French COVID‐related health policy was national, no major‐specific adaptations were taken at a local level.…”