Lay Navigation Program Improves Health Care, Health System Use, Costs for Older Cancer Survivors
Survivorship care plan successfully improves the overall survivorship care of older cancer survivors using lay navigators.
Survivorship care plan successfully improves the overall survivorship care of older cancer survivors using lay navigators.
As molecular testing becomes the standard of care for many cancers, nurse navigators have an important role to play ensuring molecular testing of suitable patients, providing patient education, and managing of patient expectations.
Older cancer survivors typically have higher severity of disease and pre-existing conditions, which makes their cancer treatment additionally challenging. The Patient Care Connect Program was created to help address these issues.