MASCC Time Intensity and Measurement of Encounters (TIME) Tool
About the MASCC TIME Tool
The MASCC Time Intensity and Measurement of Encounters (TIME) tool is a standardized medical record abstraction instrument for measuring documented health care encounter time.
The tool was found to be associated with excellent content validity, improved accuracy, high interrater reliability, and acceptable feasibility for standardized measurement of documented health care encounter time. Standardized assessment of time toxicity may improve comparability across oncology studies and support more rigorous evaluation of health care–related burden in cancer research.
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Approval
Health professionals (physicians, nurses, etc.), researchers, and non-profit entities are encouraged to use the MASCC TIME Tool and may do so free of charge. Commercial companies will require written approval from MASCC. Please contact the Executive Director at mascc.office@mascc.org for additional information regarding the approval procedure.
Developers of the Tool:
- Ronald Chow
- Sarah Bayrakdarian
- Olivera Gojsevic
- Emily MacMillan
- Tracy Balboni
- Joanne Bowen
- Eduardo Bruera
- Raymond J. Chan
- Arjun Gupta
- Nicolas H. Hart
- Peter Hoskin
- David Hui
- Hirotoshi Iihara
- Michael Jefford
- Shing Fung Lee
- Rachel Riechelmann
- Hope S. Rugo
- Christina H. Ruhlmann
- Charles B. Simone II
- Henry C. Y. Wong
- Camilla Zimmermann
- Hans Chung
- Georgia C. Richards
- Carl Heneghan
- Jennifer Leigh
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on behalf of the MASCC Emerging Toxicities Study Group
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