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01-06-2019 | Care | Review Article

Establishing effective patient navigation programs in oncology

Authors: Diego Lopez, Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman, Elizabeth A. Rohan, Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, Karen Basen-Engquist, Ron Kline, Lawrence N. Shulman, Efren J. Flores

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 6/2019

Abstract

Purpose

Recent advances in cancer treatment have resulted in greatly improved survival, and yet many patients in the USA have not benefited due to poor access to healthcare and difficulty accessing timely care across the cancer care continuum. Recognizing these issues and the need to facilitate discussions on how to improve navigation services for patients with cancer, the National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) held a workshop entitled, “Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncology. The purpose of this manuscript is to disseminate the conclusions of this workshop while providing a clinically relevant review of patient navigation in oncology.

Design

Narrative literature review and summary of workshop discussions

Results

Patient navigation has been shown to be effective at improving outcomes throughout the spectrum of cancer care. Work remains to develop consensus on scope of practice and evaluation criteria and to align payment incentives and policy.

Conclusion

Patient navigation plays an essential role in overcoming patient- and system-level barriers to improve access to cancer care and outcomes for those most in need.

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Title: Establishing effective patient navigation programs in oncology
Authors: Diego Lopez
Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman
Elizabeth A. Rohan
Lisa Kennedy Sheldon
Karen Basen-Engquist
Ron Kline
Lawrence N. Shulman
Efren J. Flores
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Care
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04739-8

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