Cancer programs which offer specialty services, such as bone marrow transplant and programs that serve a geographically dispersed region or have a regional destination program (e.g. the only radiation therapy service within 50+ miles) , often find it important to develop hospitality industry relationships. These hotel-hospital accommodation agreements enable the patient, family and friends to stay near the cancer center, to ensure treatment continues daily, and to do so within the constraints of a family budget. Some AMC programs have introduced the concept of “cooperative care” further linking the hospitality accommodations with family provided patient care services.
The Oncology Group is ‘well-versed in hotel-hospital accommodation arrangements. They can also work with your team to explore and discuss the cooperative care model, currently used most often with BMT patients.