title: A model for rural oncology.
abstract: Small rural hospitals in the United States have had challenging issues developing sustainable oncology programs. This is a report on the development of a successful rural oncology program. In 2006, the Tahoe Forest Health System in Truckee, CA, a remote mountain resort town, started a cancer program that was focused on addressing patient and family fears that are common to all cancer patients but more frightening in the rural setting. Four years later, it is a thriving program with significant community support, a creative academic affiliation, and a central focus of the future of the hospital. The Tahoe Forest Cancer Center developed a sustainable model for high quality cancer care that overcomes geographic, cultural and financial barriers. This structure may serve as a model for national rural health care.
authors: Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, Truckee; University of California, Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA.
authors: Laurence J
authors: LJ
authors: Heifetz
authors: Scott D
authors: SD
authors: Christensen
authors: Ralph W
authors: RW
authors: Devere-White
authors: Fredrick J
authors: FJ
authors: Meyers