A Distributed Cancer Care Model with a Technology-Driven Hub-and-Spoke and further Spoke Hierarchy: Findings from a Pilot Implementation Programme in Kerala, India.
Venkataramanan RamachandranAkash PradhanAbhishek KumarBharat Kumar SarvepalliSripriya RaoKunal OswalRaja Shekhar KommuManish SharmaSarika PathakRamdas KunnambathMoni Abraham KuriakoseSankaranarayanan RengaswamyMohannad AlajlaniTheodoros N ArvanitisPublished in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2022)
Initial results demonstrate the ability of the technology Distributed Cancer Care Network (DCCN) system to successfully screen and detect cancer and to converge the actions of various private health facilities towards providing a continuum of cancer care. The lessons learnt from this study will be useful for replicating the process in other States.