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Blood and marrow transplant (BMT) patients encounter many barriers while accessing curative treatment.

Patient acuity tools have been used to classify patients according to care needs to serve a variety of purposes.

Patient navigation has been shown to improve patient engagement and enrollment in clinical trials and increase supportive cancer care.

Employee engagement is a key element of success among businesses and organizations.

Offering patients access to oncology navigation is not only recommended, it is also a requirement for certification of oncology programs endorsed by 2 national organizations.

The orientation/onboarding process is neither standardized nor well understood across the oncology navigation industry.

There is extensive literature in change and transition management in leadership but limited literature from a non-managerial or navigator’s point of view.

“Care of the cancer survivor should include prevention, surveillance, assessment of late effects and intervention for consequences of cancer and treatment.”

Advance care planning (ACP) is central to patient-centered care and improves alignment between patient preferences and care received at end-of-life.

A recent needs assessment for Camden County, NJ, shows that residents’ compliance with cancer screening recommendations for colon (65%), breast (73%), and cervical (74%) cancers does not meet Healthy People 2020 guidelines.