title: A comprehensive community breast center--it really can work!
abstract: Can breast care be dramatically improved and positively received? St. John's Hospital made the decision to try to develop a comprehensive Breast Cancer Center with improved patient care and flow. The goals included more efficiency in timeliness, services provided, follow-up, cost, and quality. Additional targets were to have happy patients, physicians, and administrators. St. John's Breast Center has accomplished all of the goals and more. This article describes how this project was accomplished.
authors.forename: J Leon
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gregston
authors.forename: Kathleen T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Gafarian
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008923:Missouri; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*