Patient Navigation - Overcoming Barriers to Care

Documenting the success and result of patient navigation programs, this book represents the culmination of years of research and practical experience by scientific leaders in the field. A practical guide to creating, implementing, and evaluating successful programs, Patient Naviation - Overcoming Barriers to Care offers a step-by-step guide towards creating and implementing a patient navigation program within a healthcare system. Providing a formal structure for evaluation and quality improvement this book is an essential resource for facilities seeking patient navigation services accreditation.

List of contents

Foreword by Harold P. Freeman.- 1.Community Needs Assessment: Bringing Real Voices to the Health Care System.- 2.Models of Patient Navigation.- 3.Training Patient Navigators for a Reformed Health System.- 4.Steps to Successful Patient Navigation Programs.- 5.Program Evaluation.- 6.Prevention and Early Detection Case Study: Patient Navigation in the Breast Health Program at Boston Medical Center.- 7.Consensus Support for the Role of Patient Navigation in the Nation's Health Care System.

About the author

Elizabeth Calhoun, Med, PhDUniversity of Arizona Center for Population Science and DiscoveryTucson, Arizona, USA
Angelina Esparza, BA, BSN, MPHHouston Health DepartmentDirector’s OfficeHouston, Texas, USA

Summary

Documenting the success and result of patient navigation programs, this book represents the culmination of years of research and practical experience by scientific leaders in the field. A practical guide to creating, implementing, and evaluating successful programs, Patient Naviation - Overcoming Barriers to Care offers a step-by-step guide towards creating and implementing a patient navigation program within a healthcare system. Providing a formal structure for evaluation and quality improvement this book is an essential resource for facilities seeking patient navigation services accreditation.

Product details

• Assisted by: Elizabet A Calhoun (Editor), Elizabeth A Calhoun (Editor), Elizabeth Calhoun (Editor), Elizabeth A. Calhoun (Editor), Esparza (Editor), Esparza (Editor), Angelina Esparza (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781493969777
• ISBN: 978-1-4939-6977-7
• No. of pages: 145
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 244 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 401 g
• Illustrations: XII, 145 p. 17 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; B, Medicine, Nursing, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Oncology, health promotion, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Nursing Management, Nursing administration, Nursing research & theory, Nursing management & leadership, Nursing—Research, Nursing Research