Josephine Ford Cancer Center Nurse Navigation

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Josephine Ford Cancer CenterNurse Navigation

• Deborah McEvoy RN,BSN
• Josephine Ford Cancer Center
• Nurse Coordinator

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Evolution of Nurse Navigators

• Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Breast Clinic
• Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic
• PCOP -Prostate Cancer Options Program
• Tumor Boards
• Primary Care Physician Outreach
• JFCC Call Center

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Med Onc
Radiology
Rad Onc
Colorectal
JFCC
Gyn Onc
Gen Surg
Int Med
Pulmonary
GI
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CPTD

• Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration
  for Ethnic and Racial Minorities
• Medicare sponsored randomized trial for
  African Americans in which one group is
  navigated for appropriate screenings. The non-
  navigated group is given education on what are
  appropriate screenings.

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Nurse Navigators

• Veteran nurses preferably with oncology
  background
• Orientation
• By process system of contacts
• Disease tumor boards, consultations
• with physicians

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Benefits of Nurse Navigation

• Physician time saver
• Patient access
• Patient satisfaction
• Timeliness
• Tracking