by PNTC Webmaster | Mar 5, 2019 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) recently launched the Colorado Health Navigator Registry, a voluntary, public registry of lay health navigators in Colorado who meet core competencies to perform successfully in health care. This is one...
by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog, PNTC News
Research shows that navigators can help reduce health disparities, improve patient engagement with their health, enable patients to get the care they need, and reduce health care costs. PNTC is committed to providing high-quality trainings so that navigators have the...
by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, Job Posting
MCPN provides excellent health-related services focusing on the underserved. MCPN has one of the largest population bases of any community health center in Colorado. MCPN is dedicated to being a positive work place with a culturally diverse population of employees...
by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 5, 2019 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
Patient navigation has been shown to improve patient health outcomes, decrease hospital readmissions and emergency room visits, and increase patient satisfaction and quality of life. To build support for expanding critical navigation services to more patients across...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, PNTC News, PNTC Workshop Announcement
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative (PNTC) and ECHO Colorado are partnering on a study to evaluate how our trainings improve team-based care coordination skills. This project is designed to learn more about the effectiveness of these trainings in increasing...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 28, 2019 | PNTC Workshop Announcement
Webinar highlights national navigation efforts “A Report from the National Navigation Roundtable: the State of Patient Navigation Today,” is now available for viewing. This webinar was recorded in December and presented by Monica Dean, Director, National...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 16, 2019 | Blog, PNTC News
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative (PNTC) is excited to announce that the program has been awarded a two-year grant from the Colorado Health Foundation. “We are thrilled to be selected for funding,” says program director Patricia Valverde, PhD, MPH. “This...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 15, 2019 | Blog, Job Posting
Job Summary Provides basic care coordination, identifies and reduces barriers to care, provides referrals to necessary resources. Works primarily with the School Oral Health Program’s (SOHP) patients and families who need additional dental care including restorative...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
Metro Community Provider Network Patient Navigators Connected Patients to more than 7,100 Community Resources in 2018 In 2018, Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN) doubled the size of its Patient Navigation program, expanding Cancer Screening Navigation and adding...
by PNTC Webmaster | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog, Job Posting
Family Star is currently seeking to fill the position of Oral Health Coordinator. If you want to make a difference in the health of young children and families then Family Star is the place for you! About Family Star Family Star Montessori School has provided a...
by PNTC Webmaster | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog, PNTC Workshop Announcement
It’s almost a new year and course dates for 2019 are coming your way! Level 1: Health Navigation Fundamentals Join us in Arvada on Jan. 30-Feb. 1 for Health Navigation Fundamentals. Topics in this comprehensive “Level 1” training include patient communication,...
by PNTC Webmaster | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog, PNTC News
Are you a patient currently receiving navigation services or have you done so in the past? Share your experience and help shape navigator training efforts in Colorado by joining the Patient Navigator Training Collaborative Advisory Committee! We are looking for a...
by PNTC Webmaster | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog, Job Posting
Job Overview The Navigator serves as an intermediary between the health care system, social services and the community to facilitate access to services in support of families and assist in the obtaining of care and resources needed to maintain their health. Navigators...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Cultural Competence and Its Effect on Healthcare: Notes from the Field Guest Speaker: Stephnie Farmerie, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, Nurse Practitioner at Clinica Hispana de La Paz Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Time: 9 am MT/ 10 am CT As a health care provider, it is...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Job Posting
Care Navigator – AllHealth Network Description: • Meet productivity standards for the job role • Co-manage an active caseload of clients requiring both clinical and non-clinical interventions • Provide care coordination services to effectively manage the...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 30, 2018 | Blog, Job Posting
Job Summary Under general supervision, provide patient navigation services as it relates to care coordination, referral management, and service continuity including but not limited to assisting with navigating the health care system, re-engaging patient care and...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 19, 2018 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Please join the Colorado Community Health Worker, Patient Navigator and Promotore de Salud Alliance for the a three-part series focused on motivational interviewing for patient navigators, community health workers and promotores. This series will specifically target...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Be a First Responder for Your Community’s Mental Health. The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative is pleased to partner with Lucille (Johnson) Campbell, to offer this Mental Health First Aid training. Learn important skills to help your patients, your coworkers,...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
Article by Michael Haederle, UNMH Media Relations Department. Reposted with permission. When Nancy Hansen arrived at University of New Mexico Hospital in October 2016 to see a friend whose husband was briefly a patient in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, the...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 2, 2018 | Job Posting
The Special Procedure Patient Navigator will perform the duties necessary to coordinate the care of the patients who undergo special procedures such as a colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or Stress Test as part of the Special Procedures Program at Salud...
