Wellness Beyond XXXX Program: building an effective survivorship program.

@entity5 @entity1 @entity0 @entity14
BACKGROUND: The Wellness Beyond @entity5 Program (wbcp) was launched in 2012, first accepting @entity1 with @entity14 ( @entity14 ) and, subsequently, those with @entity0 ( @entity0 ), with the aim of standardizing and streamlining the discharge process from our @entity5 centre. @entity1 are discharged either to the wbcp nurse practitioner or to their primary care provider (pcp). The program incorporates survivorship care plans (scps) and education classes; it also has a rapid re-entry system in case of recurrence. The objective of this paper is to describe the process by which a @entity5 survivorship program was developed at our institution and to present preliminary evaluation results. METHODS: Qualitative surveys were mailed to @entity1 and pcps 1 year after @entity1 had been referred to the wbcp. The surveys addressed knowledge of the program content, satisfaction on the part of @entity1 and providers, and whether scp recommendations were followed. Questions were scored on the level of agreement with each of a list of statements (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). RESULTS: From March 2012 to November 2014, 2630 @entity1 were referred to the wbcp (809 with @entity14 , 1821 with @entity0 ). Surveys were received from 289 @entity1 and 412 pcps. @entity1 and pcps gave similar scores (average: 4) to statements about satisfaction; pcps gave scores below 4 to statements about communication with the wbcp. CONCLUSIONS: At 1 year after discharge, @entity1 and pcps were satisfied with program content, but there is an opportunity to improve on communication and provision of @entity5 -specific information to the pcps. Using the wbcp to ensure a safe transition to the most appropriate health care provider, we have standardized the discharge process for @entity14 and @entity0 @entity1 .
