Barriers to Care
March 5, 2019 | Video Library
Financial Toxicity, Patient Advocacy/Empowerment, Role of the Navigator, Barriers to Care
Financial Toxicity, Patient Advocacy/Empowerment, Role of the Navigator, Barriers to Care
Claire White addresses another aspect of care: helping patients gather resources to pay for their treatment.
January 9, 2019 | Video Library
Patient Advocacy/Empowerment, Role of the Navigator, Tools & Resources, Barriers to Care
Patient Advocacy/Empowerment, Role of the Navigator, Tools & Resources, Barriers to Care
Lisa Simms Booth on the urgent need to bring navigation to more patients.
Lisa Simms Booth encourages oncology nurses and navigators to share information with patients and the public about the available resources in cancer care.
Lisa Simms Booth reflects on the crucial work of the Biden Cancer Summit and how the next steps might take shape.
January 9, 2019 | Video Library
Coordination of Care/Care Transitions, Patient Advocacy/Empowerment, Barriers to Care
Coordination of Care/Care Transitions, Patient Advocacy/Empowerment, Barriers to Care
Lisa Simms Booth lays out the priorities of the Biden Cancer Initiative.
Lisa Simms Booth talks about the primary goal that drives the work of the Biden Cancer Initiative.
Lillie Shockney clears up some misconceptions that patients and employers have regarding functioning in the workplace after being diagnosed with cancer and provides some tips for navigators to help support their patients who continue to work.
Carla Schaefer reviews some common barriers navigators face when communicating with patients, citing cultural and language barriers as being two of the biggest hurdles.
Two barriers that cause patients to forgo necessary screening are shame due to body image and getting weighed in the office. Many pap smears, skin checks, colonoscopies, and mammograms for cancer screening don’t occur for these reasons.
Linda Burhansstipanov ruminates on how barriers to care have largely remained the same over the years and provides some insight on how to address them.
