Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Dec 2021
The psychosocial burden of inflammatory bowel disease in adolescents and young adults.
This study examined the psychosocial burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in young people aged 15-25 years attending a tertiary specialist health centre for adolescents and young adults in Brisbane. ⋯ Early recognition and treatment of depression and other psychosocial comorbidities within integrated pathways of care is crucial in adolescents and young adults with IBD and likely to improve the course of IBD and their overall health and well-being. Interventions aimed at enhancing self-efficacy and increasing public awareness are also likely to be helpful.
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Internal medicine journal · Dec 2021
The Victorian Lung Cancer Service Redesign Project: Impacts of a Quality Improvement collaborative on timeliness and management in lung cancer.
Lung cancer management is characterised by a high disease burden, poor survival and substantial variation in management and outcomes. Service redesign provides opportunities for quality improvement (QI) and this improvement may be leveraged across multiple sites using QI collaboration. ⋯ Data-driven redesign initiatives enable identification and analysis of clinical practice variation and may be utilised to enhance timeliness of cancer care and improve local data service capabilities.