“Momentum”: Southern connection — Telehealth bridges the gap in rural cancer care

MyVUMC PhotoLara Ramsey wanted a second opinion about breast cancer treatment options, so she steeled herself for a two-hour drive from the forested hills of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, to the traffic mazes around Nashville. At Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), she got answers to her questions, decided on a treatment plan and learned she could cut her travel time in half for radiation therapy by going to the Gateway-Vanderbilt Cancer Treatment Center in Clarksville, Tennessee. Ramsey also enrolled in the VICC Radiation Oncology Survivorship Program, signing up for telemedicine visits at the Clarksville location.


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