by PNTC Webmaster | Apr 8, 2020 | Blog
Do you live outside the Denver metropolitan area? Have you waited for a convenient option to complete the navigator competency assessment? The Center for Advancing Professional Excellence (CAPE) will be offering the next competency assessment on May 7 online....
by PNTC Webmaster | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Want to connect with fellow navigators during these uncertain times? Log on for a virtual gathering. There will be fun activities to relax, unwind and meet others in the field. This will be a space to ask questions, get self-care or just hang out and have fun. These...
by PNTC Webmaster | Apr 5, 2020 | PNTC Workshop Announcement
The Reducing Barriers to Care webinar series started last fall will continue in May and June, with a focus on mental and behavioral health. Mark your calendar for every Wednesday at 1-2:30 PM MT starting May 6. Brought to you by the Patient Navigator Training...
by PNTC Webmaster | Apr 5, 2020 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Join us for a free webinar series featuring timely topics such as reducing anxiety, ethics and stigma and health care policy in the time of COVID-19. Reducing Anxiety in Yourself and Others Noon-1 pm MT April 16 With the extra personal and global stress emerging due...
by PNTC Webmaster | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, PNTC News
As many of you know, we are currently dealing with a pandemic, the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Clinical and public health professionals are inundated hourly about what to do as during this pandemic. The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative (PNTC) is...
by PNTC Webmaster | Mar 12, 2020 | Blog, Job Posting
In order to provide a high-quality patient experience, the patient navigation liaison will work in collaboration with and complete tasks as a front desk, patient navigation and enrollment team specialist to assist patients through their visit in the STRIDE Convenient...
by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Job Posting
The Community Health 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....
by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 21, 2020 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Do you want to know more about the evidence for stool-based colorectal cancer screening? Or maybe how to implement a stool based screening program in your clinic? Then this series is for you! Attend one session or the whole series, taking place in February and March....
by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 12, 2020 | Blog
Team-based approaches are making a real difference in our communities. Community health workers (CHWs)/promotores de salud, health navigators, and others can work together with clinicians, local public health and community based organizations to help prevent high...
by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 7, 2020 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Join the Colorado Health Literacy Coalition for a networking event: Tour of Behavioral Health Group Behavioral Health Group (BHG) is an opioid treatment program (informally referred to as a methadone clinic). BHG staff will be presenting on opioid use disorder and...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Free CHW Webinar Series Diabetes 101: Resources for Community Health Workers Community Health Workers (CHWs) are trusted, knowledgeable frontline public health workers who typically come from the communities they serve. The Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes of...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog, Upcoming Events
Greetings, We are thrilled in the last year we have secured funding in collaboration with the Patient Navigator Training Collaborative (PNTC) and the Colorado Health Foundation to offer programming around barrier reduction discussions, with over 100 folks joining each...
by PNTC Webmaster | Dec 19, 2019 | Blog, PNTC News
We will be closed for the holidays Dec. 23-Jan 1, returning on Thursday, Jan 2. Happy Holidays to you and yours!
by PNTC Webmaster | Dec 17, 2019 | Blog
The CDC has launched a new page highlighting CDC content for languages other than English and Spanish. The new resource contains more than 1,000 (and counting) products and pages across 60 different languages, searchable by topic or language. Topics include emergency...
by PNTC Webmaster | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative is excited to offer another year of courses just for those in the navigation field. We will have both online and in person courses for you to pick from. Is there a need for a course in your area? Contact us and share the...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 25, 2019 | Job Posting
STRIDE is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with a history of providing primary care and other health-related services in a community-based setting. Established in 1989 in response to the primary health care needs of the medically indigent...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
In an recent journal article, the National Navigation Roundtable (NNRT) calls for the standardization of patient navigation core competencies across training programs. The article was published in Cancer, an international interdisciplinary journal of the American...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Upcoming Events
The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes highlight the importance of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in diabetes prevention and management, especially among underserved communities. Utilizing a team-based approach to care at the...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, PNTC Workshop Announcement
Relaxation and Introspection Techniques This workshop offers strategies and tools for your survival kit that you can put into practice so they don’t require much thought or effort when they are really needed. You can also share these techniques with your clients to...
by PNTC Webmaster | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive, disabling condition that currently affects at least one million Americans. While there is no cure, treatment options are available to improve function and quality of life. Hispanics and Latinos are at risk of developing PD...
