Patient Navigation to Improve Patient-Centered Cancer Care

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Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03226405

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

400

Starts

2017-11-01

Expected to finish

2023-10-02

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• Patients that primary care providers exclude

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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