title: Introducing patient navigation electronic log (PaNEL): An innovative platform to facilitate cancer screening and detection.
abstract: The underutilization of cancer screening services results in later stage of diagnosis and higher mortality rates. Patient navigation has been recently proposed as a service that potentially could improve cancer screening and reduce cancer care disparities. There are no reports in the current literature describing computerized tools designed to support patient navigation in a community setting. The objective of this project was the development of an innovative computer-mediated patient navigation platform to support cancer screening and follow-up in community settings.
authors.affiliation: Chronic Disease Informatics Group, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lapshin
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003150:Community Health Workers; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008838:Microcomputers; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D014481:United States