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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Franklin, Elizabeth F.
• Dean, Monica S.
• Johnston, Danelle M.
• Nevidjon, Brenda M.
• Burke, Susie L.
• Simms Booth, Lisa M.

Titel

Solidifying roles, responsibilities, and the process of navigation across the continuum of cancer care: The Professional Oncology Navigation Task Force

Ist Teil von

• Cancer, 2022-07, Vol.128 (S13), p.2669-2672

Ort / Verlag

United States: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Since its founding in 1990, the profession of oncology navigation has grown and evolved. Although core concepts serve as a unifying thread throughout the profession, there has not been formal agreement on standardization of definitions, scopes, and roles for the various types of navigators. This has created challenges for sustainability, including reimbursement for navigation services. Emerging from the Biden Cancer Initiative's patient navigation working group, the Professional Oncology Navigation Task Force was created to serve as the voice of professional oncology organizations with an ultimate goal of solidifying definitions, scopes, and roles of navigators across the care continuum. Task group members are committed to cross‐disciplinary partnership (including nursing, social work, and nonclinically licensed navigation). As the Task Force worked to define, refine, and disseminate professional standards (with input from the navigation community), the work done by the National Navigation Roundtable was vital to our evolving understanding of the profession. This article outlines the importance of that partnership and highlights the relevant findings of each article in this supplement of Cancer to the standardization work. LAY SUMMARY Within the profession of oncology navigation, definitions, scopes, and roles of navigators have not been solidified. Standardization of the profession is critical to allow for continued growth and evolution as well as policy direction. This article introduces the work of the Professional Oncology Navigation Task Force, which created the Oncology Navigation Standards of Professional Practice with input from professional leaders and community stakeholders. The article also links the work of the National Navigation Roundtable and the critical need to coordinate and amplify efforts across groups. There are numerous lessons learned from the efforts of community health workers as the Professional Oncology Navigation Task Force seeks to standardize the profession, and the collective articles in this supplement of Cancer illustrate how far the profession has progressed since its founding in 1990 by Dr. Harold Freeman, along with the continued importance of the National Navigation Roundtable. Our understanding of the barriers and facilitators of effective navigation practice has brought us to a juncture where standardization is a logical, and critical, next step.