Patient Navigation to Improve Patient-Centered Cancer Care
Purpose
The MGH Cancer Center's patient navigation (PN) program, utilizes specially trained community-based personnel to improve cancer care in underserved communities by increasing cancer screening and removing barriers to timely care. This program incorporate rigorous evaluation to demonstrate the impact of innovation in healthcare delivery.
Condition
- Cancer
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult patients (age 18 and older) - Newly diagnosed with cancer referred from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) community health centers in - Revere - Chelsea - Charlestown - surrounding communities referred to receive cancer treatment at the MGH Cancer Center
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients that primary care providers exclude
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental Patient Navigation Program |
The study team will identify, track, and provide navigation for all adult patients referred to Cancer Center from the CHC and community partners for cancer treatment. The Patient Navigation Program include Education, Appointment reminders, Help with insurance, Transportation, Navigating the Cancer Center, Assisting in finding appropriate child care, Interpreting, Connecting the patient to psychosocial and/or palliative care teams, Physically escorting the patient to appointments |
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Active Comparator Standard of Care |
The patients will receive enhanced usual care, This consist of personal phone call reminders about upcoming appointments at the MGH Cancer Center |
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Recruiting Locations
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
More Details
- Status
- Unknown status
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Detailed Description
This program allow cancer patients from MGH Community Health Centers (CHC) and surrounding communities who experience barriers to accessing care, including poverty, and limited English proficiency, and provide them navigation to receive timely, guideline-concordant treatment at MGH Cancer Center. By offering these vulnerable individuals a patient-centered approach to treatment, The investigators aim to promote patient engagement and increase access throughout the continuum of cancer care.