Where cancer care fits into Endeavor Health’s $181M expansion plan

Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health is in the midst of executing a $181 million expansion plan. An integral part of which is integrating its newly launched Endeavor Health Cancer Institute across the nine-hospital system. At the helm of this integration are Ted James, MD, system physician executive of the Endeavor Health Cancer Institute, and Gabrielle Cummings, president of Evanston Hospital and NorthShore Hospitals and lead for the cancer service line.

Together they are guiding the Cancer Institute’s development, which includes infrastructure investments, care standardization and building a precision medicine platform.  They spoke with Becker’s about where cancer care fits into Endeavor’s larger expansion plans, and how the “institute model” will transform cancer care access for the sy