Using FastTrack to implement an academic medical center and community health center collaborative for cancer care delivery

Implementation lessons•The formation of a clinical outreach program between an academic medical center and a community health center is achievable with specific shared common goals, including deliverable, patient-centered outcomes that are relevant to all the institutions.•The creation of the program requires commitment from participating institutions, and must evolve out of need, as determined by local incidence and mortality data.•The implementation of the program requires integration of both the administrative as well as the clinical staff prospectively, with specific emphasis on structural impediments to patient access.