Effectiveness of a Lay Navigation Program in an Academic Cancer Center.

CONCLUSION: Marginally lower rates of ER visits and unplanned hospitalizations for a small subset of patients, low penetration of the navigation program, and mixed comments from patient interviews suggest that a navigation program with a broad scope that targets a large population is not effective. Modifying the program to have a narrower scope of practice may help better target anxious or high-risk patients. PMID: 31647691 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: JOP - October 23, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Winget M, Holdsworth L, Wang S, Veruttipong D, Zionts D, Rosenthal EL, Asch SM Tags: J Oncol Pract Source Type: research