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Electronic communication platforms may provide process markers of regional coordination.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a single-center prospective observational cohort study of consecutive patients with advanced cancer from 2018 to 2023. Patients were included when PCU-to-home transition was planned or attempted and they were registered in a regional electronic home palliative care communication platform derived from a paper-based pathway. We descriptively examined transition sequences, final place of death, non-home death subcategories, cumulative notebook count, and notebook entries per 7 home-care days.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 209 planned or attempted transitions, 199 (95.2%) achieved actual home discharge and 10 (4.8%) remained unrealized. In the full cohort, home death occurred in 122 patients (58.4%) and non-home death in 87 (41.6%); 77 of 87 non-home deaths occurred in a PCU\/palliative care unit. Among actual home-discharge patients, home death occurred in 122\/199 (61.3%) and non-home death in 77\/199 (38.7%). Median cumulative notebook counts were 23 [13\u201344] and 20 [10\u201340], respectively (descriptive P\u00a0=\u00a00.326). Median entries per 7 home-care days were 7.54 [2.62\u201319.76] and 5.13 [1.79\u20139.58] (descriptive P\u00a0=\u00a00.012).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Most planned or attempted transitions achieved actual home discharge, but final place of death diverged thereafter. Notebook count and rate were descriptive communication-process markers that may help characterize and review multidisciplinary coordination across the ongoing regional transition process after PCU discharge.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jjco\/hyag122","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]],"date-time":"2026-07-15T11:46:27Z","timestamp":1784115987000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["PCU-to-home transition sequences and final place of death in advanced cancer: a prospective Japanese cohort study of a regional electronic communication platform"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4920-5130","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shinya","family":"Kajiura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Toyama University Hospital , Toyama 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