Joshua Omale, Pediatric Oncology Advocate, Innovation Council Member at Coalition Against Childhood Cancer (CAC2), shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Reliability is infrastructure for survival.
We often speak about trust and expertise in cancer care. But these and reliability are not the same. They are relational. Reliability is operational.
Families trust systems when systems behave predictably.
In many settings, the challenge is not that services don’t exist. It’s that they are inconsistent.
- A screening day is announced – then cancelled.
- A referral is made – but the appointment is weeks away.
- A lab test is ordered – but reagents are unavailable.
- Treatment begins – but drugs are out of stock.
When systems are unreliable, patients adapt.
They delay.
They seek alternatives.
They lose time.
Reliability is not administrative detail. It is equity. Because in inconsistent systems, only the well-connected navigate the gaps.
Trust grows from repeated reliability. And survival improves when cancer pathways are not just available, but dependable.
Cancer control is not only about innovation. It is about building systems that show up the same way every day.”
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