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Community Hospital Anderson now affiliated with MD Anderson Cancer Network®

For release on September 29, 2014

Affiliation with the cancer network and certified Anderson oncologists brings higher quality cancer care to local Anderson community

Anderson, IN---Today at a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new Cancer Center, Community Hospital Anderson announced that its cancer program is now affiliated with MD Anderson Cancer Network®, a program of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The affiliation means the certified physicians have access to evidence-based guidelines, treatment plans and concordance studies provided by MD Anderson experts. Since U.S. News & World Report began its annual “Best Hospitals” survey in 1990, MD Anderson Cancer Center has been named among the top two in cancer care—and No. 1 for 10 of the past 13 years.

“We are very proud to have achieved this milestone in providing cancer care for patients in Madison County,” said Beth Tharp, president of Community Hospital Anderson. “Our affiliation with the national network of one of the top cancer centers in the nation means that local patients can receive MD Anderson quality of care standards close to home,. Our facilities and program all passed rigorous certification measures to be aligned with MD Anderson Cancer Network.”

About Community Hospital Anderson
Community Hospital Anderson is an acute care hospital providing an exceptional patient and family experience for the residents of Madison and surrounding counties. Community Anderson provides a full range of medical services. Ranked among the nation’s most integrated healthcare systems, Community Health Network is Central Indiana’s leader in access to innovative and compassionate healthcare services, where and when patients need them—in hospitals, in convenient health pavilions and doctor’s offices, in the workplace, at schools, in the home and online. As a nonprofit health system with multiple affiliates throughout Indiana, Community’s wide continuum of care integrates hundreds of physicians, full-service hospitals, surgery centers, physician practices, home care services, walk-in care centers and employer health services. To put the needs and the convenience of patients first, Community pioneers advanced treatments and world-class health information technologies, with a focus on exceptional care, simply delivered.

About MD Anderson Cancer Network
MD Anderson Cancer Network® is a program of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. It’s designed to advance the institution’s mission of eliminating cancer by delivering MD Anderson expertise to community health providers. The network includes mission-aligned hospitals and health care systems across the United States committed to elevating the quality of care in their communities. Hospitals have direct access to MD Anderson clinical guidelines and best practices through membership in MD Anderson Cancer Network.

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Leah Campbell
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