Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The Benefits of Patient Navigation Programs

"Patient Navigation is a process by which an individual—a patient navigator—guides patients with a suspicious finding (eg, test shows they may have cancer) through and around barriers in the complex cancer care system to help ensure timely diagnosis and treatment."

This is a link to a great program at the Harlem Hospital Center that showed longer survival rates among participants.

Patient Navigation - Quality Cancer Care

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