Research Opportunities for Patient Navigation Professionals
Patient navigation professionals have interesting and important experiences, and PCERI is committed to understanding how PNPs positively affect patient outcomes and their overall healthcare experience. PCERI collects related case studies and we need your input.
You do not need to be a Certified Professional Patient Navigator (CPPN) to participate! ALL Patient Navigation Professionals including nurse navigators, lay navigators, advocates, social workers, case managers, and community health workers can provide case studies.
Just complete the online “Case Study Form” and tell your navigation story.
We will be selecting stories to present in our blog and at Institute events (more professional credits for you) and your submission will be part of the Patient Navigation Research File. Submission means that you agree to allow us to use your case study to support the growth of patient navigation. Join our research community!
Research is an essential element of an evidence-based system. PNPs are both subjects and conductors of research. In particular:–They are front line collectors of data needed to ensure quality care and transitions.–PNPs collect data about their patients that is used to track clinical outcomes.–PNPs conduct patient satisfaction studies.–PNPs design, conduct, and report outcomes to improve the professional services of Patient Navigators.
Patients/Caregivers Research
A major focus of the Patient Navigation Professional program is to help people take charge of their healthcare. Although self-reporting is fraught with perceptual differences, the beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes of patients is a critical part of any evaluation process. Data from patients include:
- Perceptions concerning their PNP
- Satisfaction with their healthcare experiences.
- Self-reported health status before, during, and after their PNP exposure.
Healthcare Organizational Research
Healthcare organizations (providers, insurance companies, support agencies, etc.) are major beneficiaries of improved patient satisfaction and health outcomes. Specific measures collected through the PNP program include:
- Patient and caregiver satisfaction with provider organizations
- Patient health outcomes
- Patient compliance rates
- Comparative Healthcare Costs
Patient Navigation Research
Patient navigation job roles by levels of experience: Workforce Development Task Group, National Navigation Roundtable.
This article clarifies the roles and responsibilities of Entry, Intermediate, and Advanced level cancer patient navigators. The competencies described in this article apply to patient navigators, nurse navigators, and social work navigators. It provides a resource for administrators to create job descriptions for navigators with specific levels of expertise and for patient navigators to advance their oncology careers and attain a higher level of expertise.
Published Online on March 2024 in Cancer: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.35147
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 and care settings. Little is known about the processes that facilitate or impede the implementation of patient navigation programs (PNPs). This study is a scoping review to identify and summarize the current state of knowledge regarding the implementation and outcomes of existing implemented PNPs.
Published online 2021 July 17 10.1177/11786329211033267 – National Institute of Health
This review’s objective is to map the literature on the characteristics, impact, barriers and facilitators of hospital-based patient navigation programmes that support patients who experience injury-related trauma and their caregivers. Patients who experience injury-related trauma frequently require support from multiple care teams and face many challenges to care, both in hospital and when transitioning across settings and services. Patient navigation can improve their care.
Published online 2022 Dec 26. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066260 – National Institute of Health
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