City project

Quality of Cancer Care

Strengthening Quality and Safety in Oncology Pharmacovigilance and Multidisciplinary Coordination in Rosario

City

Rosario, Argentina

Project lead

Claudia Intile

Areas of action

Implementation

Cycle I

The challenge

The complexity and diversity of Rosario’s health system present ongoing challenges for the delivery of fully integrated, continuous, and high-quality oncology care.
Variations in coordination between public and private providers contribute to differences in treatment approaches, patient management processes, and quality assurance practices.
In the context of evolving coordination and monitoring mechanisms, cancer care is delivered with varying levels of consistency across the city, which may influence equity in access and outcomes between health sub-sectors.
Opportunities remain to further strengthen pharmacovigilance systems and multidisciplinary collaboration in order to reduce variability and enhance patient safety and clinical integration.

The goal

To strengthen patient safety and improve the coordination, quality, and effectiveness of oncology care in Rosario through robust pharmacovigilance systems and standardised multidisciplinary tumour committees.

The How

Strengthening oncology pharmacovigilance by standardising adverse event reporting, integrating institutional processes, and improving coordination with national regulatory authorities.
Building capacity among physicians, nurses, and pharmacists through continuous training to improve medication preparation and delivery safety.
Developing and implementing a technical manual to standardise the establishment, operation, and evaluation of multidisciplinary tumour committees.
Promoting city-level standards for multidisciplinary clinical decision-making, initially focused on breast cancer and scalable to other tumour types.
Fostering collaboration between public and private institutions and key provincial, professional, and technical partners.

Outputs

Development of a Pharmaco-Oncology Improvement Plan and a programme for reporting oncology-related adverse drug events.
Development of a manual for the establishment and operation of multidisciplinary tumour committees at the city-level.

Team

Project Lead

Claudia Intile, Secretaría de Salud Pública, Municipalidad de Rosario

Project Team

Claudia Intile, Secretaría de Salud Pública. Municipalidad de Rosario
Luisina Fruci, Asociación de Oncologia de Rosario
Belen Montengro, Asociación de Oncologia de Rosario
Digregorio Maria Alejandra, Asociación de Ginecologia de Rosario (ASOGIR)
Silvina Placente, Hospital Baigorria
Judith Nuñez, Asociación de profesionales de Enfermería del Sur de la Provincia de Santa Fe
Berardo José, Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Santa Fe
Sebastián Ansaldi, Sanatorio Plaza
Eliana Avancini, Hospital Centenario
Silvia Arancegui, Hospital Centenario
Francisco Consiglio, Teaching and Training – Quality Committee, Grupo Oroño and Centenario Hospital
Ana Castelli, Hospital Provincial
Lorena Yiguerimian, Hospital Escuela Eva Peron
Duilio Racca, Hospital Escuela Eva Peron
Claudia Varela, Asociación de farmacéuticos 2da Circunscripción
Cintia Sevilla, Asociación de farmacéuticos 2da Circunscripción
Laura Bugna, Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Santa Fe
Juan Becerra, Municipalidad de Rosario
Dario Casto, Hospital Provincial de Rosario
Gabriel Sanchez, Agencia de Control del Cáncer
Julieta Bastonero, Group Oroño
Chiurchiu Carlos, Sanatorio Plaza

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