Standardized Metrics

Why AONN+ Developed the Metrics Toolkit for Oncology Navigators

AONN+ leaders explain how the team developed the metrics toolkit to better assist oncology and patient navigators in regard to patient experience, clinical outcomes, and return on investment.

The AONN+ Metrics Toolkit Helps Break Down Barriers

Oncology navigators face many challenges when it comes to collecting data, measuring success, and explaining the importance of metrics to the cancer care team.

Benefits of the AONN+ Metrics Toolkit to Oncology Navigation Programs

AONN+'s Metrics Toolkit provides practical guidance for navigation programs. Hear from AONN+ leaders on how the toolkit can help create and manage your navigation program.

Start the Conversation Around Metrics

AONN+ leaders share their tips behind beginning the conversation around implementing metrics into your oncology navigation program.

The Importance of Publishing Oncology Navigation Program Metrics

Gathering metrics that evalutate the patient experience, clinical outcomes, and return on investment help showcase the success and growth of an oncology navigation program.

Listening to the Patient

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.

The Goals and Scope of the AONN+ Metrics Study

Danelle Johnston, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, The Lynx Group, explains the concept behind the metrics study and the 35 barriers to care identified by the study.

Refining Our Focus

Leslie Watson, PhD, Principal Scientist, Statistics & Evaluation, American Cancer Society, discusses some of the challenges of narrowing down the navigation metrics due to differences among healthcare work sites.

Opportunities Revealed in the Metrics Study

Danelle Johnston and Tricia Strusowski, MS, RN, Manager, The Chartis Group, discuss some opportunities to broaden navigation education and training that emerged in the process of collecting metrics.

Key Takeaways from the Metrics Study

Danelle Johnston, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, The Lynx Group; Leslie Watson, PhD, Principal Scientist, Statistics & Evaluation, American Cancer Society; and Tricia Strusowski, MS, RN, Manager, The Chartis Group, say key takeaways include the importance of simplifying metrics collection and ensuring that metrics are pertinent to the navigators' experiences.