Caring for Cancer Patients with Serious Mental Illness: A Patient-Centered Roadmap Kelly Irwin, MD, MPH discusses her work to build a collaborative care model for people with cancer and serious mental illness to ensure that they are able to access the highest quality care. https://cancercarealliance.org/2018/12/21/cancer-patients-with-smi-roadmap/
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center: Improving Cancer Care for Underserved Communities in Northeastern Massachusetts As part of the Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care, the MGH Cancer Center is working with community health centers and community partners to identify vulnerable patients and provide them with the necessary support and resources to overcome barriers to access as they navigate their cancer treatment. https://cancercarealliance.org/participating-sites/massachusetts-general-hospital/
Closing the Gap between Cancer and Mental Illness The Engage Initiative works to raise awareness of the mortality gap for people with serious mental illness and cancer and integrate cancer and mental illness care to improve outcomes. http://maseriouscare.org/newsletter/january-2019-newsletter
Bridging the Divide: Mental Illness and Cancer Care The Bridging the Divide Symposium brings together a diverse group of peopleliving with mental illness and cancer, their caregivers, cancer and mental illness clinicians, and community stakeholders to facilitate communication, education, and advocacy around issues of equity and access. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/sponsor-content/bridging-divide-mental-health-cancer-care/
Unlearning Our Helplessness — Coexisting Serious Mental and Medical Illness Dr. Kelly Irwin describes why a patient-centered approach to cancer care for patients with mental illness is critical to mitigating the unique barriers to careexperienced by this population. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1610127
we are a coalition dedicated to ensuring that mental illness is never a barrier to cancer care
This collaborative was partially funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award (#7219-MGH).
