title: Patient navigation and the American Cancer Society.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the evolution, implementation, and development of the American Cancer Society's Navigator program.
  
  
  METHODS
  American Cancer Society reports and published articles
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The American Cancer Society has a long history of supporting the growth and development of navigation, from provision of funding for Dr Freeman's pilot program, to developing a program that includes training, policy development, and research. The Society continues to play a key role in providing leadership to advance patient navigation as a means to improve patients' access to care, movement through the health care system while furthering patient centered care, patients' quality of life and eliminating health outcome disparities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the American Cancer Society navigation model, navigators are trained to meet with patients, identify barriers to care, and work with institutional health care teams to support patients and assist staff with aspects of care that can be managed by non-medical personnel.
authors: Angelina
authors: A
authors: Esparza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000570:American Cancer Society; D003479:Curriculum; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education*; D062526:Patient Navigation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States