An expert highlights global barriers to cancer care and outlines solutions to improve access, education and equity for ...

The Huntsman-Intermountain Adolescent and Young Adult (HIAYA) Cancer Care Program serves adolescents and young adults (AYAs) between 15 and 39 years old who have been diagnosed with cancer. A cancer ...

Patient navigation was more effective than usual care in increasing follow-up colonoscopy rates after an abnormal stool test result, a new randomized controlled trial revealed. The intervention led to ...

When a large rheumatology clinic in Richmond, Virginia, heard that Medicare would be reimbursing patient navigators, they decided to launch their own virtual navigator program. Blake Wehman "We read ...

CHICAGO — People can be mightily reluctant to get a colonoscopy for reasons like cost, language barriers, or fear of what the exam might discover. One of the best counters to such barriers are patient ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Underserved cancer patients and their families in the United States will soon have better access to life-saving care. The Biden Administration recently announced that seven, private ...

Stacey Webb, manager of the Patient Navigation Program at Baylor Scott & White Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, consults with a client. Patient navigators offer guidance to patients and their ...

A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study found that patients are more likely to get colonoscopies following abnormal stool test results if patient navigators assist them through the process.

Jul. 16—For many in Northwest Montana, a cancer diagnosis is scary enough on its own, but figuring out how to pay for treatments or how to get to appointments can be overwhelming. At Logan Health, a ...

The surge in healthcare consumerism is empowering patients with more autonomy and choices than ever when it comes to “shopping around for care.” In fact, industry research shows approximately 30% of ...