Standardized Metrics

Crystal Dugger offers insight on the business philosophy of Sarah Cannon (HCA) and the elements of a successful program.

Crystal Dugger stresses the necessity of standardizing and quantifying the value of a navigation program to the institution.

What does it take to sustain a navigation program for years to come? Crystal Dugger lists the most important ones for long-term sustainability.

Crystal Dugger offers an analysis of the main obstacles and the possible solutions to growing the professional field.

Danielle Carnival recognizes that data standardization is a huge problem in cancer care, and notes that the AONN+ standardized navigation metrics are a giant step toward making progress in this area.

Elaine Sein explains how navigators can begin implementing the AONN+ metrics into their own programs and suggests utilizing your QI team for help.

Linda Fleisher credits AONN+ for developing metrics to improve both process and clinical outcomes, as she believes it's important for all navigators to evaluate their programs to determine which metrics are most crucial for their specific needs.

Elaine Sein stresses that standardized metrics illustrate the value and sustainability that navigators bring to the table and expand on how AONN+ created 35 evidence-based navigation-focused metrics.

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) is launching a collaborative project with Chartis Oncology Solutions and the American Cancer Society (ACS) to execute a national multisite navigation metrics quality study. The aim of this study is to gain insight and understanding into the barriers and challenges navigation programs encounter when implementing navigation metrics.