Patient navigation and the American Cancer Society

To review the evolution, implementation, and development of the American Cancer Society's Navigator program. American Cancer Society reports and published articles The American Cancer Society has a long history of supporting the growth and development of navigation, from provision of funding fo...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Seminars in oncology nursing 2013-05, Vol.29 (2), p.91-96
Main Author: Esparza, Angelina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
American Cancer Society
Curriculum
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Humans
Leadership
Neoplasms - nursing
Oncology Nursing - education
Patient Navigation - methods
Patient Navigation - organization & administration
Patient-Centered Care - organization & administration
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Teaching
United States
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:To review the evolution, implementation, and development of the American Cancer Society's Navigator program. American Cancer Society reports and published articles The American Cancer Society has a long history of supporting the growth and development of navigation, from provision of funding for Dr Freeman's pilot program, to developing a program that includes training, policy development, and research. The Society continues to play a key role in providing leadership to advance patient navigation as a means to improve patients' access to care, movement through the health care system while furthering patient centered care, patients' quality of life and eliminating health outcome disparities. With the American Cancer Society navigation model, navigators are trained to meet with patients, identify barriers to care, and work with institutional health care teams to support patients and assist staff with aspects of care that can be managed by non-medical personnel.
ISSN:0749-2081
1878-3449
DOI:10.1016/j.soncn.2013.02.004