| Project name | Contact | Overview | Priority area | Links |
| Videoconferencing | Philippa Hartney | To provide videoconferencing communication links between Bendigo and remote locations, primarily to facilitate multidisciplinary care. | Multidisciplinary care; Reducing variations in care | |
| MDT meeting guidelines | Andrea Shaw | To create guidelines for the various Mulitidisciplinary Team meetings at Bendigo to aid consistency, efficiency and effectiveness of the meetings. | Multidisciplinary care; Reducing variations in care | |
| MDT meeting proforma | Andrea Shaw | To develop a template for use in MDT meetings, to capture essential clinical information and outcomes of meeting, to serve as a referral tool, and as a data platform. | Multidisciplinary care; Care coordination | |
| Follow up proformas | Andrea Shaw | To develop a template for use in the front of all cancer patient histories, to capture essential follow up information, including timeframes and clinicians. | Care coordination; Reducing variations in care | |
| Web based Supportive Care Service Directory | Barbara Woodberry | To develop and maintain a comprehensive web based service directory for health care professionals in the region and the community to access information about supportive care services.
| Multidisciplinary care; Supportive care |
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| Screening tool for psychosocial needs | Janet Holland | To develop and implement one / two screening tools to assess the psychosocial needs of cancer patients across the region. | Supportive care | LMICS Newsletter January 08, page 2 |
| Cancer Diagnosis Information Pack | Lyn Cherry | To develop and implement the use of an information pack, for health professionals to provide to patients / carers when they first receive a diagnosis of cancer.
| Supportive care | |
| Supportive Care Clinical Reference Group | Lyn Cherry | To develop a Southern Clinical Reference Group for Supportive Care issues across all tumour streams, with a view to develop a similar Northern CRG for Supportive Care. | Supportive care; Reducing variations in care | |
| Supportive Care Advisory Group | Lyn Cherry | To establish a Bendigo Supportive Care Advisory Group, and similar groups in other areas of the region. | Supportive care | |
| Southern Clinical Reference Groups (Tumour groups) | Andrea Shaw | To establish Southern Clinical Reference Groups in the four priority tumour streams: lung, prostate, colorectal and breast. | Multidisciplinary care; Care coordination; Reducing variations in care | |
| Northern Clinical Reference Group (tumour group) | Kaye Matthews | To establish a Clinical Reference Group for the Mildura region, encompasing cancer care in all tumour streams. | Multidisciplinary care; Care coordination; Reducing variations in care | |
| Communication Skills Training for Medical Staff | Andrea Shaw | To provide communication skills training to medical staff caring for cancer patients within the Loddon Mallee Region. | Supportive care | Education & Training Calendar 2008 |
| Research Project: Determining the Trajectory of Care and Experience of Regional Lung Cancer Patients Referred to a MDT Meeting | Tracy Barber | (1) To examine the trajectory of care particularly in terms of the appropriateness of referral, the timeliness of referrals and other important milestones along the patient’s trajectory. (2) To provide specific information of the gaps in management of the lung cancer patient’s care. (3) To identify the patient’s experiences along the lung cancer pathway. | All | Project Report Executive Summary LMICS response to recommendations presentation |
| Multi-Disciplinary Care Information Brochure | Andrea Shaw | To develop an information pamphlet for patients regarding the concept of Multi-disciplinary Care and what that means as a cancer patient. | Multidisciplinary Care | |
| Education and Training in 2008 | Janet Holland | Based on the evaluation of LMICS Education & Training events of 2007, develop and deliver a 2008 Education & Training Calendar. | All | Education & Training Calendar 2008 |
| Chemotherapy Service Mapping in the Loddon Mallee Region | Philippa Hartney | To map current chemotherapy services across the Loddon Mallee region, including physical and human resources, support services and structures, demand and referral pathways, and current chemotherapy practices. | All | Project Report Executive Summary |
| Development of Regional Supportive Care Cancer Information & Resource Centres in the Loddon Mallee Region | Philippa Hartney | To develop Regional Supportive Care Cancer Information & Resource Centre/s over the next 5 years (2008-2013).
| Supportive care | LMICS Newsletter January 08, page 3; LMICS Newsletter April 07, page 3 |
