Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncology

Proceedings of a Workshop

Board on Health Care Services author National Cancer Policy Forum author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine author Health and Medicine Division author Margie Patlak editor Sharyl J Nass editor Cyndi Trang editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:National Academies Press

Published:13th Aug '18

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Delivering high-quality cancer care to all patients presents numerous challenges, including difficulties with care coordination and access. Patient navigation is a community-based service delivery intervention designed to promote access to timely diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other chronic diseases by eliminating barriers to care, and has often been proposed and implemented to address these challenges. However, unresolved questions include where patient navigation programs should be deployed, and which patients should be prioritized to receive navigation services when resources are limited.

To address these issues and facilitate discussion on how to improve navigation services for patients with cancer, the National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop on November 13 and 14, 2017. At this workshop, a broad range of experts and stakeholders, including clinicians, navigators, researchers, and patients, explored which patients need navigation and who should serve as navigators, and the benefits of navigation and current gaps in the evidence base.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Proceedings of a Workshop
  • Appendix A: Statement of Task
  • Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
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ISBN: 9780309474542

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114 pages