| Assessing the impact of patient navigation: prevention and early detection metrics. | |
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PMID: 21780090 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The lack of comparable metrics to evaluate prevention and early detection patient navigation programs impeded the ability to identify best practices. METHODS: The Prevention and Early Detection Workgroup of the Patient Navigation Leadership Summit was charged with making recommendations for common clinical metrics specific to the prevention and early detection phase of the cancer care continuum. The workgroup began with a review of existing literature to characterize variability in published navigation metrics; then developed a list of priority recommendations that would be applicable to the range of navigation settings (clinical, academic, or community-based). RESULTS: Recommendations for researchers and program evaluators included the following: 1) Clearly document key program characteristics; 2) Use a set of core data elements to form the basis of your reported metrics; and 3) Prioritize data collection using methods with the least amount of bias. CONCLUSIONS: If navigation programs explicitly state the context of their evaluation and choose from among the common set of data elements, meaningful comparisons among existing programs should be feasible. |
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Authors:
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Tracy A Battaglia; Linda Burhansstipanov; Samantha S Murrell; Andrea J Dwyer; Sarah E Caron; |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cancer Volume: 117 ISSN: 1097-0142 ISO Abbreviation: Cancer Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-07-22 Completed Date: 2011-09-21 Revised Date: 2011-12-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0374236 Medline TA: Cancer Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3553-64 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright © 2011 American Cancer Society. |
Affiliation:
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Women's Health Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. tracy.battaglia@bmc.org |
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Early Detection of Cancer
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methods*,
standards* Female Health Care Reform Health Services Accessibility / organization & administration* Humans Male Mass Screening / organization & administration* Neoplasms / prevention & control* Practice Guidelines as Topic Primary Prevention / organization & administration Program Evaluation Risk Assessment United States |
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