Integrating palliative care into oncology care worldwide: The right care in the right place at the right time

JA Castro, B Hannon, C Zimmermann - Current Treatment Options in …, 2023 - Springer
Opinion statement While the benefits of early palliative care are indisputable, most of the
current evidence has emerged from resource-rich settings in urban areas of high-income …

Patient navigation in cancer: the business case to support clinical needs

RM Kline, GB Rocque, EA Rohan… - Journal of oncology …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: Patient navigation (PN) is an increasingly recognized element of high-quality,
patient-centered cancer care, yet PN in many cancer programs is absent or limited, often …

Service innovation is urgent in healthcare

LL Berry - AMS review, 2019 - Springer
Healthcare is a service setting where meeting the needs of customers (patients and their
families) is uniquely challenging. But the necessity, complexity, cost, and high-emotion …

Resource use and Medicare costs during lay navigation for geriatric patients with cancer

GB Rocque, M Pisu, BE Jackson, EA Kvale… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Lay navigators in the Patient Care Connect Program support patients with
cancer from diagnosis through survivorship to end of life. They empower patients to engage …

Unmet social support needs among older adults with cancer

GR Williams, M Pisu, GB Rocque, CP Williams… - Cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Adequate social support for older adults is necessary to maintain quality of life
and reduce mortality and morbidity. However, little is known regarding the social support …

Factors influencing the implementation of patient navigation programs for adults with complex needs: a sco** review of the literature

KM Kokorelias, JE Shiers-Hanley, J Rios… - Health Services …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Patient navigation is a model of care that aims to improve access to care by reducing the
complexity of navigating health, education, and social services across the continuum of care …

Effect of a lay health worker intervention on goals-of-care documentation and on health care use, costs, and satisfaction among patients with cancer: a randomized …

MI Patel, V Sundaram, M Desai, VS Periyakoil… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although lay health workers (LHWs) improve cancer screening and treatment
adherence, evidence on whether they can enhance other aspects of care is limited …

The self-care practices of family caregivers of persons with poor prognosis cancer: differences by varying levels of caregiver well-being and preparedness

JN Dionne-Odom, W Demark-Wahnefried… - Supportive Care in …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Little is known about the impact of family caregiving for adults with poor prognosis
cancer on caregivers' own individual self-care practices. We explored differences in …

Impact of travel time on health care costs and resource use by phase of care for older patients with cancer

GB Rocque, CP Williams, HD Miller… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Many community cancer clinics closed between 2008 and 2016, with additional
closings potentially expected. Limited data exist on the impact of travel time on health care …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation and impact of patient lay navigator-led advance care planning conversations

GB Rocque, JN Dionne-Odom, CHS Huang… - Journal of pain and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Advance care planning (ACP) improves alignment between patient preferences for
life-sustaining treatment and care received at end of life (EOL). Objectives To evaluate …