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The past couple of years have not been easy for anyone. Life as we knew it was turned upside down when the pandemic hit, and most people had to carry on with work, family, and financial obligations while attempting to navigate a completely different world. For many, and particularly for those working in the healthcare field, this understandably resulted in burnout.

Does access to insurance always translate to access to cancer care? The unfortunate reality in the United States is that health outcomes in patients with cancer rely heavily on whether a person has private insurance, public insurance, or is underinsured or uninsured, according to Amy Davidoff, PhD, MS, social and behavioral scientist administrator at the National Cancer Institute.

The AONN+ conference brings oncology’s most influential navigators, social workers, physicians, and administrators together to think boldly and enact change.

The authors report findings on the psychosocial effects of stigma related to a cancer diagnosis and what can be done about it.

Business performance metrics are becoming increasingly important as cancer program administrators evaluate the ROI of navigation services. Here are the metrics you need to demonstrate your navigation program’s ROI.

The CATCH for August 2022 is awarded to Rimpy Gaur, BSN, RN, OCN. Ms Gaur is an oncology nurse navigator at Penn Medicine Princeton Health in Plainsboro, NJ.

The Disco App, born from “DIScussions of COst” and designed by Dr Hamel and her team, is a novel point-of-care communication intervention aimed at improving discussions of cost between patients and their oncologists, while alleviating financial toxicity in the process.

According to Ms Gentry, who spoke at the 2022 AONN+ Midyear Conference in Austin, TX, the navigation profession indeed kept up with the changing healthcare environment, leading to the development of navigation core competencies, as well as the only nationally recognized certifications for Oncology Nurse Navigator–Certified Generalist (ONN-CG) and Oncology Patient Navigator–Certified Generalist (OPN-CG).

Being new to oncology navigation can undoubtedly be intimidating and overwhelming, but perhaps most important, many rookie navigators simply don’t know where to start, according to Deidra Hamilton, MSN, RN, OCN, ONN-CG, a nurse navigator (and cancer survivor) based in Las Vegas, NV.

Rep. Peter Welch breaks the code on the Senate’s new price controls.