Navigation

Offering nonclinical support to patients with cancer provides emotional support and helps to meet day-to-day needs.

Patient navigators from the American Cancer Society review the potential of navigation programs to improve outcomes for patients fighting cancer.

The authors present findings from their study aiming to examine the associations between the Independent Specialty Medical Advocate model of patient navigation and intermediate patient health outcomes in newly diagnosed patients.

Community navigators help those with an unequal burden of cancer, which is often heaviest among racial/ethnic minorities, patients with lower socioeconomic status, and residents of rural areas who do not have equal access to healthcare systems and do not always receive timely, standard care when confronted with a cancer diagnosis.

The authors present the results of an analysis of the evidence for patient navigation effectiveness to improve cancer screening rates.

A beautiful case study exemplifying the power of navigation when executed in collaboration with the patient, caregivers, and care team.

The authors present findings from their review of the literature assessing patient navigation efficacy for cancer patients undergoing treatment.

Dr Burhansstipanov emphasized the importance of coordination between NPNs and nurse navigators. “Our navigators have worked beautifully with nurse navigators,” she said at the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators 7th Annual Navigation & Survivorship Conference.

The authors present their findings from a patient satisfaction study conducted 1 year after the establishment of an oncology nurse navigation program to collect patient feedback and discover opportunities for improvements.

We are greatly looking forward to the Seventh Annual Conference of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) in Las Vegas.