Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah received a federal contract award that will broaden access to specialized cancer care for Utah’s rural and frontier patients. The five-year research project was awarded by the ARPA-H PARADIGM program, which was established to improve health care in rural and frontier communities. Living far from a major health system can create access challenges for patients. Because cancer care is specialized and located in urban centers, rural residents who develop cancer have later-stage cancer diagnoses and higher mortality than people who live near a major cancer treatment facility. Huntsman Cancer Institute will accomplish the ARPA-H PARADIGM program objectives by building upon its existing rural Huntsman at Home™ program. Huntsman at Home is a hospital-at-home and advanced care at home cancer model that provides a range of services, including acute medical and post-surgical care for adult oncology patients. In the summer of 2021, the highly effective program expanded to three of Utah’s southeastern rural and frontier counties—Grand, Emery, and Carbon. The rural program operates through valued partnerships with local home health agencies and hospitals.
Patients in these three counties will receive selected cancer care services through the implementation of a specially outfitted mobile vehicle, one of the main components of the ARPA-H PARADIGM program. The mobile vehicle will include advanced and innovative technologies that will extend testing, imaging, and treatment capabilities that otherwise require emergency department or hospitalization.
The program will also enable more rural and frontier patients to take part in cancer clinical trials. Clinical trials evaluate new treatments that could improve current standard treatments and provide patients access to the latest therapies. For patients in Carbon, Emery, or Grand County, the drive to the flagship campus of Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City can be two to five hours each way. The travel times add an additional burden, and the rural Huntsman at Home program provides an opportunity for these patients to access some of their cancer care, monitoring, and treatments in their own communities at home or from the mobile clinic.
In this video, Huntsman Cancer Institute leaders and patients share their thoughts on the impact that this expansion will have on their communities in rural Utah, and the potential for further impact in communities nationwide.
Learn More About:
- Huntsman at Home: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/treatment/huntsman-at-home
- The ARPA-H PARADIGM Project and Huntsman Cancer Institute: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/press-releases/2025/02/bringing-cancer-care-closer-home-federal-program-expands-treatment-rural-and
- Cancer Clinical Trials: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/clinical-trials
ABOUT HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE:
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah is a nationally recognized research center and treatment hospital in Salt Lake City. We serve patients with all types of cancer, who come from throughout the Mountain West, including Utah and parts of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming. Our doctors and scientists include world-renowned experts dedicated to the highest quality standards and driven by the commitment to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
Learn more about Huntsman Cancer Institute: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/
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Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah received a federal contract award that will broaden access to specialized cancer care for Utah’s rural and frontier patients. The five-year research project was awarded by the ARPA-H PARADIGM program, which was established to improve health care in rural and frontier communities. Living far from a major health system can create access challenges for patients. Because cancer care is specialized and located in urban centers, rural residents who develop cancer have later-stage cancer diagnoses and higher mortality than people who live near a major cancer treatment facility. Huntsman Cancer Institute will accomplish the ARPA-H PARADIGM program objectives by building upon its existing rural Huntsman at Home™ program. Huntsman at Home is a hospital-at-home and advanced care at home cancer model that provides a range of services, including acute medical and post-surgical care for adult oncology patients. In the summer of 2021, the highly effective program expanded to three of Utah’s southeastern rural and frontier counties—Grand, Emery, and Carbon. The rural program operates through valued partnerships with local home health agencies and hospitals.
Patients in these three counties will receive selected cancer care services through the implementation of a specially outfitted mobile vehicle, one of the main components of the ARPA-H PARADIGM program. The mobile vehicle will include advanced and innovative technologies that will extend testing, imaging, and treatment capabilities that otherwise require emergency department or hospitalization.
The program will also enable more rural and frontier patients to take part in cancer clinical trials. Clinical trials evaluate new treatments that could improve current standard treatments and provide patients access to the latest therapies. For patients in Carbon, Emery, or Grand County, the drive to the flagship campus of Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City can be two to five hours each way. The travel times add an additional burden, and the rural Huntsman at Home program provides an opportunity for these patients to access some of their cancer care, monitoring, and treatments in their own communities at home or from the mobile clinic.
In this video, Huntsman Cancer Institute leaders and patients share their thoughts on the impact that this expansion will have on their communities in rural Utah, and the potential for further impact in communities nationwide.
Learn More About:
- Huntsman at Home: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/treatment/huntsman-at-home
- The ARPA-H PARADIGM Project and Huntsman Cancer Institute: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/press-releases/2025/02/bringing-cancer-care-closer-home-federal-program-expands-treatment-rural-and
- Cancer Clinical Trials: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/clinical-trials
ABOUT HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE:
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah is a nationally recognized research center and treatment hospital in Salt Lake City. We serve patients with all types of cancer, who come from throughout the Mountain West, including Utah and parts of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming. Our doctors and scientists include world-renowned experts dedicated to the highest quality standards and driven by the commitment to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
Learn more about Huntsman Cancer Institute: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/
Share this video with others: youtu.be/rMbMzzKiycM
SUBSCRIBE to learn more: youtube.com/@HuntsmanCancerInstitute
Join our circle of hope:
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/HuntsmanCancerInstitute
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/huntsmancancerinstitute
LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/company/huntsman-cancer-institute
BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/huntsmancancer.bsky.social
X: https://x.com/huntsmancancer
#huntsmancancerinstitute #huntsmanathome #clinicaltrials #cancerclinicaltrials #cancerresearch #ruralliving #ruralhealthcare #ruralhealth #utah #medicalresearch
