The hub and spoke model is an insightful and revolutionary solution for cancer care in India . The model offers a uniform patient care experience and ensures that people in the most remote parts of the country have access to the proper cancer care facilities when the need arises . It helps healthcare providers focus on providing the right level of patient care while keeping the needs of the patient in mind all the time . Overall , implementing a hub-and-spoke model increases access and affordability to radiation therapy in every nook and corner of the country .
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The hub and spoke model is an insightful and revolutionary solution for cancer care in India ”
All treatment plans are validated and revised by a group of planning experts from a Tier 1 city , while experts from tier 2 and tier 3 cities lead the treatment . Similarly , the same central center helps with establishing strategies if an individual center has a large caseload . This promotes the spread of best practices to all the centers , ensuring operational homogeneity .
With major advancements in technology , clinicians are now using predictive applications to analyze data and gain insights into a patient ' s risk of developing cancer as well as their odds of having a positive clinical result based on a treatment plan . Based on this , patients can receive radiation therapy tailor-made to their cause and advancement of cancer .
‘ Close the Care Gap ’ Theme
In my opinion , the theme " Closing the Care Gap 2022-2024 " for World Cancer Day , involves facing the harsh realities that so many cancer patients must deal with . The impact of disruption of cancer treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic makes it all the more imperative to scale up highquality cancer programmes at the international , national , and community levels . The efforts being undertaken across the nation to combat cancer , in my opinion , are positive . Government and commercial healthcare providers are working together in this attempt to provide services through a Public Private Partnership ( PPP ) model , even though there is always a potential for further expansion in these projects .
Such activities will assist in completely fulfilling the year ' s theme of " Close the Care Gap ," as they will not only help in the early detection of cancer but will also promote the survival of vulnerable cancer patients by providing them with prompt treatment and high-quality services .
Shankar Seshadri is a seasoned healthtech professional with extensive experience in launching state-of-the-art medical technologies in emerging global markets . He has over 30 years of medical industry experience and domain expertise in Radiation therapy , Cardiology , Image Guided therapy , Critical care , Ultrasound . In his earlier stint at Philips Healthcare for 26 years , he played an instrumental role in building the businesses .
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