On the heels of the Institute of Medicine calling U.S. cancer care “increasingly chaotic and costly,” Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York is starting an alliance of community cancer providers. It named Hartford HealthCare, a five-hospital system in Connecticut, as the inaugural member.
The Manhattan-based comprehensive cancer institution said physicians and leaders in the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Alliance will work together to improve cancer care and clinical research through the use of disease management teams, on-site observations of new techniques, sharing of educational resources, quality and outcomes research and expanded access to Memorial Sloan-Kettering's clinical trials.