Gibbs RegionalGibbs Regional Medical Center Medical Center

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg, SCSpartanburg, SC

Why GRCC Is Interested In Being Why GRCC Is Interested In Being

Part Of The Pilot ProgramPart Of The Pilot Program??

To build on our 24 years of experience To build on our 24 years of experience as a CCOP to increase accrual to Phase as a CCOP to increase accrual to Phase I/II trialsI/II trials

To expand access to Minorities in our To expand access to Minorities in our communitycommunity

To use our status as “TOP WIRED” To use our status as “TOP WIRED” hospital to expand into the National hospital to expand into the National Cancer Databases including CaBIG™Cancer Databases including CaBIG™

To enhance linkages to NCI designated To enhance linkages to NCI designated Cancer Centers (such as our current Cancer Centers (such as our current Network Affiliation with MDACC)Network Affiliation with MDACC)

Why interested Why interested cont, II?cont, II? To be a part of Tissue Banking that would lead To be a part of Tissue Banking that would lead

to Translational Research Opportunitiesto Translational Research Opportunities To be a part of a new NCI initiative to further To be a part of a new NCI initiative to further

advance patient care by researchadvance patient care by research To provide Optimal Care for our Cancer To provide Optimal Care for our Cancer

patients, including Benchmarking & patients, including Benchmarking & Concordance StudiesConcordance Studies

To Network with other Similar Community To Network with other Similar Community Hospitals to Develop Cancer Care for the Hospitals to Develop Cancer Care for the FutureFuture

To Share with NCI on a face to face basis the To Share with NCI on a face to face basis the Real Needs of the Community Real Needs of the Community

Why interested? Why interested? cont, cont, IIIIII To Interact with NCI Designated Cancer To Interact with NCI Designated Cancer

Centers & to Provide Input into Policy Centers & to Provide Input into Policy Making Decisions Making Decisions

To Bring Increased Knowledge to the To Bring Increased Knowledge to the Teaching Programs of Our Surgical, Family Teaching Programs of Our Surgical, Family Practice, Transitional Residencies, Practice, Transitional Residencies, Radiation Therapy Technical School & Radiation Therapy Technical School & Nursing SchoolsNursing Schools

To Proactively expand and integrate multi-To Proactively expand and integrate multi-disciplinary care through our Breast Health disciplinary care through our Breast Health program as evidence by our new BREAST program as evidence by our new BREAST CENTER that is to be opened Oct 08CENTER that is to be opened Oct 08

Breast Center Oct, Breast Center Oct, 20082008

What Factors Influenced Our What Factors Influenced Our Decision To Join In This Decision To Join In This Partnership With NCIPartnership With NCI??

Part of Appalachian CommunityPart of Appalachian Community 20% AA Population20% AA Population 45 % Minority Population with one of fastest 45 % Minority Population with one of fastest

growing Hispanic populationgrowing Hispanic population <1 % Hispanic Population enrolled on Clinical <1 % Hispanic Population enrolled on Clinical

TrialsTrials 15 %15 % AA Population enrolled on treatment trials AA Population enrolled on treatment trials 2525 % AA Population enrolled on Chemoprev. % AA Population enrolled on Chemoprev.

trialstrials Can share our Success in Minority Recruitment Can share our Success in Minority Recruitment

with otherswith others

What Are The Major Challenges What Are The Major Challenges And Opportunities We Envision In And Opportunities We Envision In

Participating In The Pilot?Participating In The Pilot? Funding for Cancer Care in the presence Funding for Cancer Care in the presence

of CMS changes to clinical researchof CMS changes to clinical research Decreasing Pool of Medical OncologistsDecreasing Pool of Medical Oncologists Appropriate Funding for this Pilot and Appropriate Funding for this Pilot and

resources required by the supporting resources required by the supporting hospitals hospitals

Opportunity to place NCI Trials in Opportunity to place NCI Trials in Additional areas of SC/rural NCAdditional areas of SC/rural NC

What “Local” Factors Do We Anticipate What “Local” Factors Do We Anticipate As Influencing These Challenges And As Influencing These Challenges And Opportunities To Our Local Opportunities To Our Local

Organization & Community)?Organization & Community)?

# of Medical Oncologists Currently # of Medical Oncologists Currently AvailableAvailable

# of Uninsured & Underinsured Pts# of Uninsured & Underinsured Pts Rate of unemploymentRate of unemployment Local CMS rulesLocal CMS rules Recently Published-SC finished 50Recently Published-SC finished 50thth in in

SAT scores—EDUCATION levelSAT scores—EDUCATION level

What "extra-local" factors What "extra-local" factors will have an important will have an important influence?influence? Good relationship with Susan Good relationship with Susan

Komen Foundation, ACS, Local Komen Foundation, ACS, Local Minority GroupsMinority Groups

Several Health Disparity Several Health Disparity Organizations already started for Organizations already started for Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Health Science South CarolinaHealth Science South Carolina South Carolina Cancer AllianceSouth Carolina Cancer Alliance

Our Experience With Community Our Experience With Community (Patients) And Experience With (Patients) And Experience With Community Providers (Physicians)?Community Providers (Physicians)?

33 % pts on Clinical trials in 200633 % pts on Clinical trials in 2006 CCOP includes Upstate SC, NC, CCOP includes Upstate SC, NC,

GAGA SELECT included 1338 menSELECT included 1338 men Community Physicians who Community Physicians who

volunteer services include:volunteer services include:– Med. Onc., Rad. Onc., Urology, Med. Onc., Rad. Onc., Urology,

FP, Derm., Surgeons, OB/GYNFP, Derm., Surgeons, OB/GYN

Community Involvement Community Involvement with Physicianswith Physicians Prostate ScreeningProstate Screening Relay for LifeRelay for Life SELECTSELECT Skin Cancer ScreeningSkin Cancer Screening Cancer Survivor’s DayCancer Survivor’s Day SCCASCCA Pt AdvocatesPt Advocates Support GroupsSupport Groups Bi-Monthly Educational Meetings for Bi-Monthly Educational Meetings for

MDs/StaffMDs/Staff

Survivor’s DaySurvivor’s Day

Prostate ScreeningProstate Screening

SELECT TEAMSELECT TEAM

SELECT BBQSELECT BBQ

Hospice Golf Hospice Golf TournamentTournament

Relay for LifeRelay for Life

Gardening Therapy Gardening Therapy From One of Our From One of Our PatientsPatients

Donation of The Donation of The “BELL”“BELL”From a PatientFrom a Patient