List of services consulted and MDCCs identified The table below details the MDCC events that were encountered during consultations with health sites. The following notation has been used: Y – Yes N – No P – Partially na – data not collected Table : List of MDCCs events # State Site MDCC Interviewees Date, start/end time collected? Participant names and designations collected? Problems, goals, strategies and outcomes recorded? Patient care plan updated/created? In costing database? Brief description of MDCC 1 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Breast cancer MDCC Coordinator P Y Y Y Yes Pre-scheduled MDCC; full time assistant to prepare weekly meeting; Patient case selection based on cases which are destined for the following week’s surgery inpatient admission list; Purpose is to agree medical and surgical treatment approach based on diagnostic findings. 2 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Colorectal cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer MDCCs was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 3 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Head and Neck cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer MDCCs was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 4 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Hepatoma, cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer MDCCs was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 5 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Lung cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed.
6 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS –Lymphoma cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 7 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Gastrointestinal cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer MDCCs was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 8 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS –Urology cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer MDCCs was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 9 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Melanoma cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na Yes An overview of all cancer was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 10 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – Haematology & Myeloma cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na No – Only two clinical specialities attended meeting An overview of all cancer MDCCs was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 11 Vic Austin Hospital NEMICS – CNS Pathology cancer MBS Billing Project Manager na na na na No – Data on attendees not available An overview of all cancer MDCCs was obtained, however, the individual characteristics were not discussed. 12 Vic Austin Hospital Pain service (1) – weekly outpatient MDCC Director, Pain Service P P Y Y Yes A weekly outpatient meeting is intended to coordinate care between the different disciplines of pain service, and to assist in the formulation or updating of a patient management plan. The listing of patients is predetermined and anyone in the team can refer a patient to the meeting. The purpose of the MDCC is to provide a MDT approach to clinical decision making, discussions and education.