Patient Navigation

Researchers at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an AI-based patient navigation tool that may increase completion of colonoscopies among individuals who canceled or did not show for an initial appointment.

The American Cancer Society launched a national training and credentialing program designed to standardize high-quality, expert patient navigation for individuals with cancer and their caregivers.

Medicare recently started to pay for patient navigation.

Patient navigation programs have historically been difficult to implement on a large scale.

Use of patient navigators in chronic kidney disease and kidney failure correlate with improved outcomes in some settings and patient populations, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

A culturally tailored patient navigation program improved colorectal cancer screening rates and reduced the gender gap in screenings among Hispanic patients, according to results published in Cancer.

Linda Fleisher, PhD, MPH, received the Lillie D. Shockney Lifetime Achievement Award from Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators.

A free nurse navigation service helped overcome barriers to clinical trial enrollment for patients with blood cancer, according to study results published in JCO Oncology Practice.

Patients with substance use disorders who received navigation services in the hospital through 3 months after discharge had lower rates of ED readmission vs. those who received usual care, according to recent data from a single-center trial.

Using two methods of engagement – with methadone treatment or in a navigation setting – researchers at The Digital Liver Meeting Experience showed people who inject drugs can achieve viral response in hepatitis C virus.