Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has been increasingly providing cancer care in the home.
Here are five things to know from a Jan. 16 press release:
1. Mayo Clinic launched the program in 2023 in Jacksonville, Fla., with 10 patients.
2. Cancer CARE Beyond Walls has since provided more than 200 in-home chemotherapy infusions or injections in the home.
3. The health system offers two Cancer CARE Beyond Walls clinical trials to eligible patients within a 35-mile radius of Mayo Clinic in Florida, comparing in-home to in-clinic treatment. Patients have to first tolerate one or two cycles of their treatment at the clinic, and medications must stay stable during transport and have a low risk of causing infusion reactions.
4. On-site nurses digitally connect to staff at the virtual command center during chemotherapy treatments.
5. Mayo Clinic plans to expand the care offering to more sites and patients. "Where we're headed with Cancer CARE Beyond Walls is breaking down the need to be in the same room," stated Jeremy Jones, MD, a medical hematologist and oncologist who serves as medical director of Cancer CARE Beyond Walls for Mayo Clinic Platform. "Once CCBW becomes digital, it doesn't matter whether a patient is one or 1,000 miles away."