Background People with chronic diseases experience barriers to managing their diseases
and accessing available health services. Patient navigator programs are increasingly being …

Published studies regarding patient navigation (PN) and cancer were reviewed to assess
quality, determine gaps, and identify avenues for future research. The PubMed and …

Background According to a landmark study by the Institute of Medicine, patients with cancer
often receive poorly coordinated care in multiple settings from many providers. Lack of …

Background Conflicting evidence currently exists regarding the causes and effects of delay
of care in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We hypothesized that delayed surgery in …

Purpose To determine whether a nurse navigator intervention improves quality of life and
patient experience with care for people recently given a diagnosis of breast, colorectal, or …

Objective To determine the effects of patient navigation (PN) on healthcare utilization
outcomes using meta-analysis and the quality of evidence. Methods Medical and social …

Patient navigation is a model of care that aims to improve access to care by reducing the
complexity of navigating health, education, and social services across the continuum of care …

Aim: Our aim was to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of an individual, nurse-
navigator intervention for relieving distress, anxiety, depression and health-related quality of …

Patient navigation has been proposed to combat cancer disparities in vulnerable
populations. Vulnerable populations often have poorer cancer outcomes and lower levels of …

Background Patient navigation (PN) is a patient-centered health-care service delivery model
that assists individuals, particularly the medically underserved, in overcoming barriers (eg …