Healthcare Innovation October 9, 2024
Project CASCADE will designate care coordinator champions in community health center clinics with the goal of improving tracking of cancer survivors
UTHealth Houston researchers are partnering with eight Texas primary care community health centers on an intervention study seeking to improve outcomes for cancer survivors and enhance primary care capacity.
Funded with a $4.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, the Project CASCADE initiative will focus on under- and uninsured patients.
CASCADE stands for Community and Academic Synergy for Cancer Survivorship Care Delivery Enhancement.
The intervention will seek to help community health center clinics improve identification and tracking of cancer survivors by modifying existing clinic workflows and coordinating survivors’ care through a designated care coordinator champion. It will also...