Navigators invited to colorectal cancer forum in Pueblo this spring

by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog, Upcoming Events

Please indicate preferred date on Doodle poll below The Colorado Colorectal Screening Screening Program  at the University of Colorado Cancer Center will be heading to Pueblo for a CCSP Regional Forum with our clinic partners, patient navigators and community partners...

Space still available in upcoming Level 2 course

by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Level 2, Upcoming Events

Looking to improve your patient navigation skills? There’s still space available in our February Level 2 course. See below for details. Advanced Care Coordination – Feb. 18 Location: Society of Certified Senior Advisors 720 S. Colorado Blvd. #750-N,...

Learning opportunity: Sustainable Financing for Community Health Workers

by PNTC Webmaster | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Upcoming Events

A free learning opportunity for supervisors/managers of patient navigation/community health worker/promotora programs. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 Noon – 1:30 PM Mountain Time Community Health Workers (CHWs) have gained increased recognition and awareness since the...

Learn more about health insurance literacy at webinar on Feb. 10

by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator Training Collaborative

Today more people have access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Yet, many people struggle to understand how health insurance works.  Health insurance literacy has been defined as the “degree to which individuals have the knowledge, ability, and...

Patient navigator courses coming your way in 2016

by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator Training Collaborative, PNTC Workshop Announcement, Upcoming Events

Here’s a preview of patient navigator training opportunities offered by PNTC during the first half of 2016   Level 1 In February, Level 1, Patient Navigator Fundamentals, will be offered in both Pueblo and Denver.  In March, we’ll take Level 1 north to Fort...

Colorado Patient Navigator Training Collaborative awarded $1.5 million grant

by PNTC Webmaster | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator Training Collaborative

Grant enable program to continue to offer free workshops to Colorado Patient Navigators over the next three years A 41-year-old patient came to the physical therapy office saying he just wanted his knee pain gone. The Mexican national had been out of work for nearly...