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Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncology: Proceedings of a Workshop

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Non-Systematic Review

Source: National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Last Reviewed: 2018

Workgroups: Cancer Workgroup

This report details the proceedings of a 2017 workshop that addressed how to improve patient navigation services for people with cancer. Patient navigation services are community-based service delivery interventions that promote access to timely diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other chronic diseases by eliminating barriers to care. The workshop involved a broad range of experts and contributors who identified: 

  • Which patients need navigation services
  • Who should serve as patient navigators
  • The benefits of patient navigation services and current gaps in its evidence base
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncology: Proceedings of a Workshop. Retrieved from https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25073/establishing-effective-patient-navigation-programs-in-oncology-proceedings-of-a.