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Multidisciplinary Care in the Community Setting

Comprehensive cancer centers facilitate management decisions for newly diagnosed or complex pathology patients by offering medical oncology, radiology, pathology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, and other services such as pharmacy, nutrition, and social services under one roof. Independent practices, however, are not usually organized to provide a similarly seamless continuum of care. Coordinating consultations with other treating physicians, some of whom may practice at remote or competing institutions, in addition to coordinating receipt and review of diagnostic biopsy material and images while attending to office hours and hospital rounds, can be challenging.

One way independent oncologists offer the advantages of a . . . [Click for More]