Southeastern Rural Cancer Care Network
Cancer patient navigation is an evidence-based intervention that leads to better cancer outcomes. Although many large, urban hospital systems employ navigators, many rural health care systems and their patients are left without this vital resource.
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SubscribeStepping up the fight in SE Georgia
Georgia CORE capitalized on the robust relationship among health providers in southeastern Georgia and its own strong research collaboration with St. Joseph’s/Candler to build the Southeastern Rural Cancer Care Network. The effort is funded by a four-year grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration.
What’s offered?
The network provides three primary services to improve the quality of cancer care in rural Georgia. With a multi-disciplinary approach, including the hiring of a regional oncology patient navigator, the Southeastern Rural Cancer Care Network provides:
- Patient navigation services and coordinated care
- Patient access and enrollment to clinical trials
- A process for developing and implementing sustainable strategies of care that may be replicated in other under-resourced areas of the state
Who’s in the network?
- Altamaha Primary Care (Jesup)
- Appling Healthcare Hospital (Baxley)
- Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph's/Candler (Hinesville, Jesup, and Savannah)
- Southern Family Medicine (Jesup)
- Southern Healthcare Collaboration, Inc. (Baxley)
- Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center (Blackshear)
- Wayne Memorial Hospital (Jesup)
- YurHealth (Baxley)
Which areas are served?
While network partners are located in Appling, Pierce, and Wayne Counties, the network also covers nine surrounding counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Liberty, Pierce, Toombs, Tattnall, and Ware. Serving all 12 counties is important to address the barriers to care and disparities across areas that lack oncology services.
