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An innovative care model involving in the radiation oncology department of Mount Sinai Health System in New York.
At a time when clinician burnout is rampant, a novel approach that brings value to both patients and health systems – and helps advance the careers of highly educated and skilled practitioners – represents a welcome step forward, according to Samantha Skubish, MS, RT, chief technical director of radiation oncology and Mount Sinai.
In the new care model, APRTs work alongside radiation oncologists and support “the care of resource-intensive patient populations,” according to the Association of Community Cancer Centers, which recently recognized the Mount Sinai Health System program as a 2023 ACCC Innovator Award winner.
The new and improved “model for continuity of care” with the APRT role has “helped improve the patient experience and create a more streamlined, efficient process while also alleviating some of the burden on our physicians,” Ms. Skubish said in the ACCC press release. She explained that APRTs possess the skills, knowledge, and judgment to provide an elevated level of care, as evidenced by decades of international research.
A 2022 systematic review of APRT-based care models outside the United States explored how the models have worked. Overall, the research shows that such models improve quality, efficiency, wellness, and administrative outcomes, according to investigators.
At Mount Sinai, the first health system to develop the APRT role in the United States, research to demonstrate the benefits of APRT model continues. In 2021, an APRT working group was established to “garner a network of individuals across the country focused on the work to prove the advanced practice radiation therapy model in the U.S.,” according to Danielle McDonagh, MS, RT, Mount Sinai’s clinical coordinator of radiation sciences education and research.
A paper published in May by Ms. McDonagh and colleagues underscored the potential for “positive change and impact” of the APRT care model in radiation oncology.
“We’re all in this current and longstanding crisis of clinician shortages,” Kimberly Smith, MPA, explained in a video introducing the Mount Sinai program.
“If you look at your therapists’ skill set and allow them to work at the top of their license, you can provide a cost-saving solution that lends itself to value-based care,” said Ms. Smith, vice president of radiation oncology services at Mount Sinai.
Indeed, Sheryl Green, MBBCh, professor and medical director of radiation oncology at Mount Sinai, noted that “the APRT has allowed us to really improve the quality of care that we deliver, primarily in the aspects of optimizing and personalizing the patient experience.”
Ms. Skubish and Ms. Smith will share details of the new care model at the ACCC’s upcoming National Oncology Conference.
An innovative care model involving in the radiation oncology department of Mount Sinai Health System in New York.
At a time when clinician burnout is rampant, a novel approach that brings value to both patients and health systems – and helps advance the careers of highly educated and skilled practitioners – represents a welcome step forward, according to Samantha Skubish, MS, RT, chief technical director of radiation oncology and Mount Sinai.
In the new care model, APRTs work alongside radiation oncologists and support “the care of resource-intensive patient populations,” according to the Association of Community Cancer Centers, which recently recognized the Mount Sinai Health System program as a 2023 ACCC Innovator Award winner.
The new and improved “model for continuity of care” with the APRT role has “helped improve the patient experience and create a more streamlined, efficient process while also alleviating some of the burden on our physicians,” Ms. Skubish said in the ACCC press release. She explained that APRTs possess the skills, knowledge, and judgment to provide an elevated level of care, as evidenced by decades of international research.
A 2022 systematic review of APRT-based care models outside the United States explored how the models have worked. Overall, the research shows that such models improve quality, efficiency, wellness, and administrative outcomes, according to investigators.
At Mount Sinai, the first health system to develop the APRT role in the United States, research to demonstrate the benefits of APRT model continues. In 2021, an APRT working group was established to “garner a network of individuals across the country focused on the work to prove the advanced practice radiation therapy model in the U.S.,” according to Danielle McDonagh, MS, RT, Mount Sinai’s clinical coordinator of radiation sciences education and research.
A paper published in May by Ms. McDonagh and colleagues underscored the potential for “positive change and impact” of the APRT care model in radiation oncology.
“We’re all in this current and longstanding crisis of clinician shortages,” Kimberly Smith, MPA, explained in a video introducing the Mount Sinai program.
“If you look at your therapists’ skill set and allow them to work at the top of their license, you can provide a cost-saving solution that lends itself to value-based care,” said Ms. Smith, vice president of radiation oncology services at Mount Sinai.
Indeed, Sheryl Green, MBBCh, professor and medical director of radiation oncology at Mount Sinai, noted that “the APRT has allowed us to really improve the quality of care that we deliver, primarily in the aspects of optimizing and personalizing the patient experience.”
Ms. Skubish and Ms. Smith will share details of the new care model at the ACCC’s upcoming National Oncology Conference.
An innovative care model involving in the radiation oncology department of Mount Sinai Health System in New York.
At a time when clinician burnout is rampant, a novel approach that brings value to both patients and health systems – and helps advance the careers of highly educated and skilled practitioners – represents a welcome step forward, according to Samantha Skubish, MS, RT, chief technical director of radiation oncology and Mount Sinai.
In the new care model, APRTs work alongside radiation oncologists and support “the care of resource-intensive patient populations,” according to the Association of Community Cancer Centers, which recently recognized the Mount Sinai Health System program as a 2023 ACCC Innovator Award winner.
The new and improved “model for continuity of care” with the APRT role has “helped improve the patient experience and create a more streamlined, efficient process while also alleviating some of the burden on our physicians,” Ms. Skubish said in the ACCC press release. She explained that APRTs possess the skills, knowledge, and judgment to provide an elevated level of care, as evidenced by decades of international research.
A 2022 systematic review of APRT-based care models outside the United States explored how the models have worked. Overall, the research shows that such models improve quality, efficiency, wellness, and administrative outcomes, according to investigators.
At Mount Sinai, the first health system to develop the APRT role in the United States, research to demonstrate the benefits of APRT model continues. In 2021, an APRT working group was established to “garner a network of individuals across the country focused on the work to prove the advanced practice radiation therapy model in the U.S.,” according to Danielle McDonagh, MS, RT, Mount Sinai’s clinical coordinator of radiation sciences education and research.
A paper published in May by Ms. McDonagh and colleagues underscored the potential for “positive change and impact” of the APRT care model in radiation oncology.
“We’re all in this current and longstanding crisis of clinician shortages,” Kimberly Smith, MPA, explained in a video introducing the Mount Sinai program.
“If you look at your therapists’ skill set and allow them to work at the top of their license, you can provide a cost-saving solution that lends itself to value-based care,” said Ms. Smith, vice president of radiation oncology services at Mount Sinai.
Indeed, Sheryl Green, MBBCh, professor and medical director of radiation oncology at Mount Sinai, noted that “the APRT has allowed us to really improve the quality of care that we deliver, primarily in the aspects of optimizing and personalizing the patient experience.”
Ms. Skubish and Ms. Smith will share details of the new care model at the ACCC’s upcoming National Oncology Conference.