When faced with a cancer diagnosis, one of the most pressing concerns for patients and their families is where to seek treatment. While the allure of larger, academic cancer centers may seem like the top option, patient’s don’t have to leave North Alabama for excellent cancer care. Clearview Cancer Institute (CCI) has clinics in 13 locations across the state, with nearly every service and amenity necessary in an outpatient setting.
Anne Marie Rainey, Director of Quality and Value Based Care at Clearview Cancer Institute highlighted four areas where CCI excels, including: number of services provided, the benefit of local cancer care, unmatched high-quality care and affordability.
“Clearview is in a great position to provide medical oncology and hematology services for almost everything,” said Rainey. “You don’t have to go to a larger organization that could be hours away to receive high quality care.”
In terms of locality and a sense of community, Rainey stressed that patients’ ability to receive their care locally is so important. According to Rainey, CCI is able to tap into local resources and services, such as support groups, to further support their patients in the Tennessee Valley.
“Local cancer care means patients are able to keep personal and professional obligations which allows them to have a greater quality of life at the time of diagnosis and at the time of treatment,” said Rainey.
The physicians and care teams at Clearview offers patients the expertise, convenience, personalized attention, continuity of care, and a sense of community that rival that of larger facilities. “By choosing to stay close to home, patients can access the care they need while remaining surrounded by the love and support of their community,” said Michelle Brown, Chief Operations Officer at Clearview Cancer Institute.
In terms of compliance, CCI provides services and treatments that are in accordance with national guidelines, meaning patients are afforded the same quality of treatments here that they may receive at any larger cancer institution.
“We also regularly coordinate with larger organizations like Vanderbilt, UAB, and MD Anderson,” said Rainey. “So if there are patients that do have a more complex case and they need to seek a specialist related to a specific diagnosis, we’ll work with that specialist to make sure you’re getting the care that you need, and you can still receive treatment right here at home.”
Studies show that community cancer centers not only provide a higher quality of care, but also provide a lower cost than a lot of academic medical centers or hospitals. Clearview Cancer Institute represents this statistic well, as affordability and cost are a pillar that the organization values.
