What is the Hub Concept?
If cancer is a journey, one thing that can make it difficult is the many stops along the way. Scans. Blood work. Surgery. Chemotherapy. Radiation therapy. Prescriptions and appointments. Doctors, specialists and sub-specialists, nurses and therapists. Cancer patients everywhere experience many of these treatment steps and the sheer complexity of it all can be overwhelming. The vision for the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center is that while cancer is a complicated disease, getting treatment for it shouldn’t be. And that’s where the hub concept comes in. Unique in the region and possibly in the nation, the hub concept developed by Froedtert & the Medical College is a “person-centered” approach that that brings all facets of care to the patient rather than requiring the patient to navigate the treatment system. In the hub model, the patient has a single point of contact throughout his or her care. An experienced oncology nurse who specializes in a particul
