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BACKGROUND
The evidence continues to build in support of implementing patient navigation to reduce barriers and increase access to care. However, health disparities remain in cancer outcomes. The goal of the National Navigation Roundtable (NNRT) is to serve as a convener to help support the field of navigation to address equity.
METHODS
To examine the progress and opportunities for navigation,...
BACKGROUNDThere is limited understanding of the association between barriers to care and clinical outcomes within patient navigation programs.
METHODSSecondary analyses of data from the intervention arms of the Patient Navigation Research Program were performed, which included navigated participants with abnormal breast and cervical cancer screening tests from 2007 to 2010. Independent variables...
BACKGROUND.The lack of comparable metrics to evaluate prevention and early detection patient navigation programs impeded the ability to identify best practices.
METHODS.The Prevention and Early Detection Workgroup of the Patient Navigation Leadership Summit was charged with making recommendations for common clinical metrics specific to the prevention and early detection phase of the cancer care continuum...
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