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From: Centers of excellence in healthcare institutions: what they are and how to assemble them

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The WK Cancer Center: sights and scenes. Copyright © 2016 Willis-Knighton Health System. Used with permission. The WK Cancer Center is one of 11 centers of excellence operated by Willis-Knighton Health System. At a single site on the system’s main campus, cancer patients can receive virtually every service associated with their care. The customized servicescape features an attractive, user-friendly layout and serene atmosphere which includes comfort-minded appointments, like a peaceful water wall. Expert medical professionals conference regularly to advance care which they deliver using the latest technologies, including the ProteusONE which delivers proton therapy via a pencil beam scanning unit, offering the most precise form of radiation therapy available. The WK Cancer Center exemplifies the application of the center of excellence delivery model

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