I hope everyone is taking advantage of all the CE hours available through the AONN website! The AONN+ West Coast Regional Virtual Symposium was released on September 30, 2015 and will be functional until September 30, 2016.
One of the top barriers facing cancer patients is how they will cope financially with treatment and care. Patient navigators are often faced with patients who need help understanding their medical bills and finding ways to pay for their care.
For most hospitals and cancer facilities that run on a fiscal year that begins in July and ends the following June, this time of year—January through March—is called budget season.
Patient navigation is a dynamic profession, and cancer care is an ever-evolving field. It is imperative that navigators invest in ongoing learning activities to enhance their knowledge and skill set.
I hope that you all receive the survey being conducted by the George Washington Institute (GWI; our own Mandi Pratt-Chapman who serves on our Leadership Council).
At a recent conference, I heard a new term that might interest navigators: food insecurity. The US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service defines food insecurity as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”
