Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
Project
CASCADE
Project Overview
Project CASCADE is a quality improvement project to help community health centers care for their patients with a history of cancer.
The intervention will 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 use Project ECHO – a telementoring strategy to enhance primary care clinicians’ knowledge about cancer survivorship care, recognition and management of the effects of cancer and its treatments, and communication between oncologists and primary care team. Researchers expect this intervention to increase rates of guideline-recommended screenings for secondary cancers, primary care clinician knowledge of cancer survivorship care, and patient-reported experience of care coordination. Researchers will also measure adherence to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network surveillance guidelines for survivors with the most prevalent cancer types, such as breast, colorectal, prostate, and lung.
Project Staff
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Improving health outcomes of underserved patients living with cancer focus of $4.8M grant to UTHealth Houston
An intervention study to improve outcomes for cancer survivors and enhance primary care capacity, funded with a $4.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, will be implemented by UTHealth Houston researchers in partnership with eight Texas primary care community health centers that treat under- and uninsured patients.