The CaLM Model: Hardwiring Cancer Centers for Whole Person Care
Livestrong Cancer Institutes of the Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
Summary
At Dell Medical School, we are redesigning cancer care delivery around the needs of persons with cancer, and their loved ones, by flipping the usual delivery system design to develop a person-centered “front-door” for cancer care. Our CaLM (CancerLife Re-imagined) concept anchors the cancer treatment integrated practice unit in supporting patients across the entire cancer continuum, so that all cancer patients receive the benefit of whole-person assessment and access to sub-specialty palliative care from the point of diagnosis onward.
Project Team
Elizabeth Kvale, MD, MSPH
Section Chief, Palliative Care
Livestrong Cancer Institutes of the Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
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S. Gail Eckhardt, MD, FASCO
Associate Dean of Cancer Programs
Livestrong Cancer Institutes
Robin Richardson, MA
Assistant Director of Care Delivery Transformation & Community Engagement
Livestrong Cancer Institutes
Rebekkah Schear, MA
Associate Director of Patient Experience
Livestrong Cancer Institutes
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