International approach
‘Several projects in my doctoral program involved international collaboration. The outcome indicator project is one of them,' Rebecca continues. ‘With the European PanCareFollowUp project, led by Leontien Kremer, we introduced LATER care in Europe and developed international guidelines. It was very inspiring and successful. It is a collaboration of several European countries, for example Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark and Switzerland. Through this collaboration, we are joining forces and addressing challenges that all of these European centers are experiencing to some degree. Because the recommendations are now more widely supported, it will be easier to put these results into practice.’ Are these results and recommendations already being put into practice? Rebecca: ‘Yes, definitely! The outcome indicators are implemented by a multidisciplinary team at the Máxima Center. But also, for example, the PanCareFollowUp recommendations, which are clinical recommendations for LATER care, are already being used in different countries. They are even used to advocate the importance of LATER care in countries where it is not yet implemented.’
Feasibility PanCareFollowUp
Practice implications