service to our country. In addition, the authors would like to thank champions for the cancer care navigation team, including Dr. Daniel Wu, chief of oncology; and Dr. Peter Wu, cancer committee chair and surgical oncologist, and Sandra Solomon, nurse manager of the Cancer Care Clinic and inpatient cancer unit at VA Puget Sound Health Care System; Dr. Carol Sprague, staff physician and clinical lead VISN 20 Cancer Care Platform, Judy McConnachie, MPH, administrative director, Clinical Business Intelligence Northwest Innovation Center, VA Portland Health Care System in Portland, Oregon; and Tracy Weistreich, PhD, RN, associate director Patient Care Services at VA Roseburg Healthcare System in Roseburg, Oregon; and the VISN 20 Executive Cancer Care Platform Advisory Board.
The authors would also like to acknowledge all the VISN 20 network cancer care navigation teams at the following sites: Anchorage, Alaska; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; Roseburg, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; Walla Walla, Washington; and White City, Oregon. Team members at each site have been an integral part of the development and success of the VAPSHCS CCNT.
The authors are also grateful to all of the nurse coordinators and providers within all the specialty services at Puget Sound Health Care Systems, including oncology, radiation oncology, cancer care, otolaryngology, general surgery, palliative care, dental and primary care, for their collaboration with veteran care.
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