Beam me up, Scotty. OK, so these six hospitals didn't sign up for that beam. What they're looking at is a proton-beam for cancer care. This type of beam therapy is a type of radiation that uses protons instead of photons, giving the operator more control on targeting, which avoids hitting unaffected organs and healthy tissue.
A location for this consortium of hospitals hasn't been chosen yet.
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Participating in the Michigan consortium are Henry Ford Health System, University of Michigan Health System, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren Health Care, Trinity Health and Ascension Health.
The consortium was made possible through support from the state's Certificate of Need Commission, which oversees health care projects to make sure expensive services aren't needlessly duplicated. The commission adopted a new standard last month requiring hospitals to work together to provide proton beam therapy rather than each competing to offer the service.
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