South Island Multidisciplinary Team Meeting (MDM) Project
Background:
- Internationally, advanced technologies have been successfully implemented to enhance the effectiveness of the Specialist MDM (IOCOM Visimeet in the UK (NHS) and Cisco WebEx in North East Melbourne, Australia)
- The Southern DHB has been working to find a solution to connect the Invercargill clinicians to the Dunedin MDM for the last 12 months.
- MOH has made available $200k one-off funding to support the development of MDM in the South Island and a further 200k in each of the other three regional cancer networks
- Funding will be used to enhance existing MDM facilities/services and in some cases invest in new technology in the tertiary and secondary centres.
Project Goal:
To provide equitable access to high quality, multidisciplinary and timely decision making on treatment planning and care for patients across the South Island.
Project Aims:
- To identify and implement an information technology solution that will improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the current tertiary and secondary MDM
- To enable clinicians from the provincial hospitals the option to participate and link to the tertiary MDM resulting in improved collegiality, more efficient treatment decision making and a reduction in geographically based inequalities
Associated aims:
- To make recommendation regarding MDM co-ordination
- To standardise the MDM forms
- To standardise MDM administration
- To provide a framework for MDM meeting protocol
- To provide a platform for electronic MDM data collection and analysis
Project Approach:
- A South Island MDM Steering Group has been established and met for the first time on 20 May. It’s membership includes both clinical and IT expertise from across the South Island
- Project managers have commenced a period of consultation with MDM participants including clinicians, specialist nurses to confirm and ratify the minimum clinical requirements for MDM
(June - July 2011) - This will provide information for a Request for Information (RFI) process that will enable vendors to present IT solutions for consideration (July - September 2011)
- International IT solutions that have been successfully implemented in the UK and Australia are also being considered.
- A shortlist of solutions will be widely tested by IT and clinical representatives and a decision made by the SI MDM Steering Group
- A procurement and implementation process will occur (September - November 2011)
In parallel, the project managers will work with MDM participants to standardise, develop and/or improve the MDM administration, co-ordination and data
Project Scope
Terms of Reference
MDM Framework
MDT Survey Analysis (NHS)
Characteristics of an Effective MDT (NHS)
The Cancer Multi-disciplinary Team from the Co-ordinators' Perspective (UK)
Guidance for Implementing High Quality Multidisciplinary Meetings (MoH)
