by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
Patient navigation, trained individualized assistance that guides patients, families and caregivers through a complex care system, is one of the only evidence-based interventions to eliminate health disparities and improve health equity across the cancer continuum....
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 | May 2, 2019 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
Does your navigation program measure the outcomes of your work? Do you find it challenging to collect data on your navigation program? Or has your program created successful practices to demonstrate the value of your navigation program? The National Navigation...
by PNTC Webmaster | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
By Andrea (Andi) Dwyer, CCSP Director On March 27, The Colorado Cancer Screening Program (CCSP) received a special recognition from the Colorado General Assembly at the State Capital in Denver, CO, honoring the impact of patient navigation and the CCSP Program over...
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 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...
