CASCADE
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.
