The CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs Cancer Center has been granted three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.
“The Cancer Center at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs continually strives to improve patient outcomes and experiences. We work with our patients as they battle to overcome cancer and support them as cancer survivors,” said Dr. Doug Ross, president of CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs. “This accreditation reaffirms our ongoing commitment to quality and compassionate care for our community in Southwest Arkansas.”
As a CoC-accredited cancer center, CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating cancer as a complex group of diseases that requires consultation among surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, and other cancer specialists. This multidisciplinary partnership results in improved patient care.
The 27,500-square foot Cancer Center in Hot Springs provides radiation therapy services, consultations, physician offices, chemotherapy, community education rooms for classes or support groups, a dedicated American Cancer Society resource area, and a cancer registry that offers lifelong patient support. The program follows the CoC accreditation program framework to improve its quality of patient care through various cancer-related programs that focus on the full spectrum of cancer care including prevention, early diagnosis, cancer staging, optimal treatment, rehabilitation, life-long follow-up for recurrent disease, and end-of-life care.