Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health is investing $200 million to expand oncology services through three key projects.
Four things to know:
1. The investment — the second largest in the system’s history — includes a new hematology and oncology physician office in Belmont, a new 125,000-square-foot cancer center in Gastonia and a new radiation therapy center in Belmont, according to an April 16 health system news release.
2. The hematology and oncology physician office is slated to open in June on the campus of CaroMont Regional Medical Center-Belmont.
3. The cancer center will be located on the main campus of CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia.
4. The radiation therapy center will expand capacity and access by more than 30%, while the broader expansion will double oncology capacity from approximately 1,500 new cancer cases per year to 3,000. The radiation therapy center will require certificate of need approval.
“We are not simply expanding our footprint, we are building an integrated oncology network designed around the way patients and families actually experience care,” President and CEO Chris Peek said in the release. “When care is connected, outcomes are better, the experience is better and the burden on families is lighter.”
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