Best Practices

With a focus on the new standards for survivorship care plans, William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, describes how the navigator will participate in the overall survivorship care plan for patients in the future.
Ways in which safety nets will be established and implemented under the new CoC standards are discussed by William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma.
William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, explains how new standards will enhance the tools that navigators can use for specific patient needs, especially as this pertains to metrics that can be applied to policy.
New standards for survivorship provide an ideal place for navigators to usefully intervene in patient care, says William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma.
AONN+ Co-Founder and Program Director Lillie D. Shockney discusses her involvement with US TOO, an advocacy organization for patients with prostate cancer. Ms Shockney speaks about the need to revisit the way decisions about treatment are made to ensure that the needs of the patient are foremost and that the treatment does not harm the patient.
AONN+ Metrics Subcommittee Co-Chairs Danelle Johnston and Tricia Strusowski describe how the AONN+ National Navigation Metrics study attempts to find a way to measure progams and performance in order to demonstrate the ways in which oncology navigators impact patient experience and outcomes, and providers' return on investment.
AONN+ Metrics Subcommittee Co-Chairs Danelle Johnston and Tricia Strusowski describe the oncology navigation metrics and qualitative study they worked on with the American Cancer Society. Looking at all models of oncology navigation and at their standardization, their barriers, and their tools has led to a number of insights and breakthroughs for the AONN+ metrics study team.
AONN+ Metrics Subcommittee Co-Chairs Danelle Johnston and Tricia Strusowski suggest ways to use your metrics once you have them. Use the "gems" within your grasp and start slowly, with a focused story.
AONN+ Metrics Subcommittee Co-Chairs Danelle Johnston and Tricia Strusowski give a quick overview on the best way to begin collecting oncology navigation metrics, and why to do so. They offer strategies for getting the data out in front of the people who need to hear the oncology navigator's story through the data.
Katherine Sharpe, SVP ACS, relates how standardized metrics play a key role in replicating successful programs and in determining their impact.