THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER
100 Ft Sanders W Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37922 www.thompsoncancer.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Thompson Cancer Survival Center provides support services for cancer patients, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Thompson Cancer Survival Center is a support center for cancer patients located in Knoxville, TN. It is a member of the Covenant Health system.

Thompson Cancer Survival Center ("TCSC") provides a range of cancer support services with the aim of providing patients who are undergoing cancer treatment the best possible outcome for their individual situations. Support services include social services, treatment care coordination and oncology clinical trials. When a Covenant Health facility patient is identified as someone who could benefit from any of the services provided by TCSC, a referral is made to the TCSC Social Services Department. In 2019, there were 1,618 new patient referrals to Social Services and 4,743 follow-up patients. Included in the Social Services Department is a nutritional counseling and education program and a Genetics Clinic. The nutritional counseling and education program had 811 new patient referrals in 2019 and 2,914 continuing patients receiving support. Healing Touch is another service provided by the Social Services Department. Healing Touch offers a space for patients to relax and escape from the stress of cancer treatment. Patients are seen for pain management and anxiety and find the treatment relaxing and helpful. Healing Touch served 95 patients through 570 visits in 2019.In 2019, the Genetics Clinic received referrals for 533 new patients who were in need of counseling, including 165 who pursued genetic testing. Whether patients tested positive or negative for a hereditary cancer syndrome, decided not to pursue testing, or were not appropriate candidates for testing, they and their families were able to make informed decisions regarding their medical management based on the genetic testing they received. Treatment care coordination of each patient is one of the goals of TCSC and this goal is achieved by two means, the Multidisciplinary Treatment program and the Nurse Navigator program. Multidisciplinary treatment is a process of individual patient consultation with the members of that patient's oncology care team, where treatment options are discussed based on that individual's circumstances. This approach affords the opportunity for the physician to relate one-on-one with the oncology patient and explain treatment choices in layman's language. Patients in need of this care coordination come from various Covenant Health facilities, as well as outside facilities. In 2019, the program added five navigators to expand service locations. The TCSC Nurse Navigator program was developed to assist oncology patients to help them overcome multiple barriers to healthcare, according to their needs. Common barriers include financial, education, transportation, language, emotional, and a complicated health care system in general. The TCSC Nurse Navigators guide patients to sources of financial support, help complete paperwork, educate patients on diagnoses and medical procedures, arrange and coordinate appointments with multiple providers, help with transportation, assist with housing, communicate with providers about unique patient needs, ensure medical records arrive at scheduled appointments, direct patients to support groups or counseling services, and attend patient appointments for support. They work diligently to meet the needs of patients and families and become their liaison between all physicians and services. There were 15,667 oncology patient education encounters in 2019, and 949 patients were assisted with their treatment by TCSC Nurse Navigators. For those patients being followed by navigators that have curative treatment, over 100 Survivorship Care Plans were completed by Nurse Navigators and discussed with patients in 2019. The Nurse Navigator is actively involved in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients. Nurse Navigators currently schedule, organize, oversee, summarize, and provide follow-up for 4 to 5 multidisciplinary cancer conferences per week. In 2019, 864 patients were presented at multidisciplinary conferences, with 146 of those patients being seen in our clinics where a Nurse Navigator is in attendance. TCSC Nurse Navigators lead the Low Dose CT Lung Screening Program (LDCT) for Fort Sanders Regional and Fort Sanders West, a program started in 2016. There were 754 patients scheduled for LDCT screening in 2019. Seventy-nine patients were found to have an abnormal result. All LDCT patients are tracked in the Multidisciplinary Treatment program.Oncology clinical trials offer patients diagnosed with cancer access to proven standard cancer treatments and to newly developed cutting edge therapies. Since the opening of TCSC in 1988, the Clinical Trials Department has enrolled 2,379 patients in oncology clinical trials. The TCSC Clinical Trials Department currently has 11 active treatment patients, 11 patients actively enrolled in research studies, and 135 patients in follow-up studies. In 2019, the TCSC Clinical Trials Department enrolled 4 patients in oncology clinical trials. To help with screening efforts, Research Nurse Coordinators are assigned to specific physician schedules for screening and to specific locations for coverage, including Thompson Oncology Group's Oak Ridge, Sevierville, West Knoxville, Downtown Knoxville, and Lenoir City. Opening new studies increases referrals locally and regionally and gives current patients the ability to be treated with state-of-the-art care in their own community. Involvement in prevention and treatment trials offers an improved means of health strategies for individuals at risk for certain cancers.Other TCSC programs in place to support Covenant Health system patients undergoing cancer treatment include the East Tennessee Cancer Registry, the Fellowship Center, and Cancer Outreach Services.COVENANT HEALTH SYSTEMTCSC is a member of Covenant Health. Covenant Health is a comprehensive, community-owned health system dedicated to improving the health of the people it serves. Established in 1996 by the consolidation of Fort Sanders Health System, Knoxville, Tennessee, and MMC HealthCare System in Oak Ridge, Covenant Health is governed by a voluntary board of directors comprised of community leaders and medical professionals. With more than 10,000 employees, affiliated physicians and volunteers, Covenant Health is the Knoxville area's largest employer and has been named a Best Employer five times by Forbes. Covenant Health includes nine acute care hospitals in East Tennessee: Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, Fort Loudoun Medical Center in Lenoir City, LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville, Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System in Morristown, Roane Medical Center in Harriman, Claiborne Medical Center in Tazewell and Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville. It also includes Peninsula, a division of Parkwest Medical Center, a behavioral health hospital in Blount County, Tennessee.Affiliated organizations include Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Thompson Oncology Group, Fortress Corporation and Subsidiaries, Covenant HomeCare, and Fort Sanders Perinatal Center. Philanthropic organizations include Fort Sanders Foundation and the Thompson Cancer Survival Center Foundation in Knoxville, Methodist Medical Center Foundation in Oak Ridge, Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation in Sevierville, and Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation in Morristown. Funds raised by the foundations provide services, equipment and other resources for excellence in patient care.TCSC, as a member of the Covenant Health system, benefits from the collaboration among all affiliated organizations to promote quality improvement, patient safety and efficient delivery of care for the communities served.

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