In the cancer care continuum, patients must navigate numerous and diverse services and facilities. From suspicion of malignancy through diagnosis, referral to a treatment centre and finally palliative care, each process and point of care generates fresh patient data, with differences in documentation from centre to centre, leading to inefficiencies and delays in care provision.
Deploying systems to exchange cancer patient data between treatment tiers and institutions is a priority for all City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) cities, but local information technology decision-makers suffer from limited access to existing data-transfer solutions, caused by a lack of awareness, high cost and/or poor relevance to their local context.
Facilitate access to cancer data exchange solutions to fast-track the digital transformation of cities’ cancer care systems.
By creating an international community of information technology and oncology experts to reference, review, assess and provide access to solutions suitable for cancer data exchange in LMICs.
It is hoped that the roadmap will underpin the creation of a library of digital solutions and enable different sites and specialisms to exchange data seamlessly.
It is important for a country like Ghana to plan the design of our healthcare data ecosystem carefully, especially to support multidisciplinary cancer care. But it is also important that we know which solutions are available to implement our plan quickly and intelligently.
To contribute to the organisation’s gender equity strategy, C/Can has put together a working group to generate recommendations on how to build gender-responsive health systems.
Providing seed funding to support researchers in C/Can’s network of cities, who are investigating health system research projects through an implementation science lens.
Improving diagnostics, treatment and drug delivery processes in the Paraguayan health system for HER2-positive positive breast cancer patients, and strengthening information systems in selected public hospitals. This is to support the avoidance of misdiagnosis and support the delivery of the appropriate cancer drug at an optimal time for patients.
Providing health authorities in Tbilisi with a budget impact analysis of including cancer diagnostics as part of the country’s Universal Healthcare Programme (UHC)
Foster the development of a global coalition for cancer diagnostics
Discussion series on strengthening a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care and developing patient management guidelines
Enablement of knowledge-transfer among cancer care professionals to channel connected health and embed global perspectives into local solutions.
Palliative care training for cancer care professionals in Yangon, Kumasi and Kigali
Fostering an innovation mindset and power skills to drive change
Closing gender disparities in the healthcare sector and enhancing the capacity of women oncologists to lead change
Developing a syllabus to provide training in the management of childhood cancers for primary health care professionals.
An online knowledge-transfer programme will enhance cities’ capacity to exchange experiences and consultation opportunities.
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