by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 28, 2016 | Blog
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a new fact sheet that examines key questions around the potential changes President-elect Donald Trump and the next Congress may seek to make in Medicaid, a program that covers 73 million people nationally. Depending on how it is...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator News, Patient Navigator Training Collaborative, PNTC Workshop Announcement
Spring 2017 workshop schedule coming soon! We are working hard on our workshop calendar for 2017! Here’s a preview of what’s to come: Level 1: Patient Navigator Fundamentals January: Denver March: Fort Collins May: Glenwood Springs We are planning to offer...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Human services workers face a multitude of challenges—from diminishing funding to new measures evaluating the use of those funds; from increased workloads on fewer professionals, to greater accountability expected of them; from a vastly more diverse client population,...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 17, 2016 | Blog, Job Posting
The Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine is seeking a Professional Research Assistant position who will serve as a Patient Navigator. Drs. Stacy Fischer and Regina Fink have recently been awarded funding from the...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 15, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
There is a lot of uncertainty on the future of healthcare since the presidential election. Patients and healthcare providers alike are grappling with this uncertainty, as there is a lot we simply don’t know. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to repeal...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog, Online, Upcoming Events
Health insurance is an important piece of the employment conversation. This webinar, presented by Cancer + Careers, will provide attendees with information about existing health insurance options as well as the changes in healthcare brought about by the Patient...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog, Online, Upcoming Events
Through the fall and early winter, the Patient Navigator/Community Health Worker/ Promotoras de Salud Alliance will be offering opportunities to hear from CHW and PN experts who have devoted resources and their expertise to develop tracking and data collection...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog, Online, Upcoming Events
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is offering two introductory webinars in November on diabetes prevention programs in tribal communities. Join to hear more about the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) & Diabetes Prevention...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog, Colorado Springs, PNTC Workshop Announcement
Want to help your patients reach their goals? This course provides tools and strategies to help clients around diet, exercise, diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention and control. Advanced Health Behavior Change focuses on chronic disease, including diabetes...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
By Alejandra Armenta, PNTC Intern The second annual Colorado Health Literacy Coalition Conference was held at the University of Colorado Hospital Conference Center on Oct. 21, 2016. This event was aimed primarily at clinicians, health educators, patient navigators,...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 21, 2016 | Blog
Colorado voters are being asked to decide on a measure with important public health implications this election season. Amendment 72 proposes amending the Colorado Constitution to: increase the state tax on a pack of cigarettes from $0.84 to $2.59; increase the state...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Level 1, Patient Navigator Training Collaborative, PNTC Workshop Announcement
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative is pleased to announce the dates for the last Level 1 workshop of 2016, offered in South Denver, CO. This training will take place from Dec. 7-9 at the CU South Denver campus, located in the Wildlife Experience building...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro
Mental Health First Aid is a training to assist community members in recognizing the signs and symptoms of different mental health problems, learn an action plan to feel confident in helping during a mental health crisis, recognize warning signs for suicide and learn...
by PNTC Webmaster | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog, Upcoming Events
The fall PN/CHW/PdS Alliance Meeting will be held on Oct 17 at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO. Attend in-person or via remote connection! Please register for this meeting by Oct 12. We have a lot of technology built into this meeting and we need to be sure...
by PNTC Webmaster | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog, Online, Upcoming Events
We are thrilled to provide a 1 hour preview of the PN CHW and PdS Alliance Portal, Powered by 2-1-1! The Alliance Portal, serves as the Alliance’s website AND, a search tool that will allow PNs, CHWs, PdS connect with each other, their community organizations and...
by PNTC Webmaster | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Experience a powerful new paradigm in whole-person care that supports patients on all levels, improving the cancer experience. Developed by Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, and taught by renowned experts in integrative cancer care, this program is the...
by PNTC Webmaster | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog, PNTC News
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative is excited to have a student intern for the fall semester. Read more about Alejandra below and learn how to get involved with her project! My name is Alejandra Armenta. I am a bilingual student attending the University of...
by PNTC Webmaster | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog, Online
The Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center is offering an online LGBTQ cultural competency course starting Oct. 4. This six-week learning experience is designed for public health practitioners with the goal of promoting better health outcomes with Lesbian, Gay,...
by PNTC Webmaster | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Job Posting
Seeking Chinese community navigator and Vietnamese community navigator The community navigator is an essential part of the Asian Pacific Development Center’s (APDC’s) Specialty Behavioral Health Clinic. The community navigator helps immigrant and refugee community...
by PNTC Webmaster | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog, Upcoming Events
The screening guidelines for colorectal cancer were updated by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in June 2016. Dr. Dennis Ahnen, Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, will talk about the new screening guidelines and...
