Enhancing Cancer Care Of Rural Dwellers

Enhancing Cancer Care Of Rural Dwellers Through Telehealth and Engagement (ENCORE)

Through a multi-level remote intervention, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) seeks to improve comprehensive cancer care delivery to patients residing in rural communities with persistent poverty. We plan to do this by using telehealth to broaden the reach of our NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in these communities

Objectives:

• Evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a multi-level telehealth-based intervention for rural hospitals consisting of provider access to tumor board expertise that incorporates disease, patient and molecular tumor characteristics, together with patient access to a supportive care intervention to improve cancer care delivery.
• Evaluate the facilitators and barriers to future larger-scale dissemination and implementation of the multi-level intervention, designed to enhance quality rural cancer care delivery.

Inclusion Criteria:

Provider and Patient:

- At least 21 years of age or older and English speaking with the ability to provide informed consent

• Oncology providers within designated VHAN oncology practices
• Newly diagnosed or relapsed cancer patients of aforementioned oncology providers