Best Practices

Lisa Simms Booth addresses some of the immediate concerns of patient navigators and how they may be addressed.

Lisa Simms Booth explains the role of the Patient Navigation Working Group within the Biden Cancer Initiative.

This educational initiative, derived from the 2017 AONN+ West Coast Regional Meeting, is designed to meet the educational needs of hematology/oncology nurse navigators and registered nurses; other healthcare professionals, such as patient navigators and social workers who have a focus on cancer and survivorship, are encouraged to participate.

The metrics panel provides practical advice for starting and maintaining successful navigation programs and for using the AONN+ standardized metrics to define and streamline processes across multiple disease states.

Lillie Shockney notes that are many assessment tools available to navigators. Tricia Strusowski goes on to provide examples of how her institution handles key points of contact and process mapping.

Barbara Dearmon encourages working closely with a cancer registry to help create a survivorship care plan.

Barbara Dearmon thinks navigators working collaboratively with the entire health care team will reduce barriers to care.

Vanessa Rodriguez explains why standardized metrics are important as they help define roles and responsibilities in navigation.

Vanessa Rodriguez discusses the Evidence into Practice Committee and how it is working to help provide a roadmap to navigators.