NCCN Summit Navigates Solutions for Financial and Other Cancer-Related Hardships
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)—an alliance of leading cancer centers—hosted a Patient Advocacy Summit to explore the role of navigation throughout the cancer process. A diverse group of subject matter experts addressed the impact patient navigation has on care and how to utilize navigators to reduce economic burdens and disparities in care. The speakers included patients and advocates, policymakers, health care providers, and health data analysts.
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The summit featured a series of best practice presentations highlighting some of the tools available to assist in various areas of patient navigation. - Speakers identified significant financial hardships that can come with cancer care, which can contribute to logistical barriers or issues involving emotional well-being.
- Navigating a patient through their healthcare coverage and preventing financial ruin from astronomical cancer care costs has grown more complex.
- NCCN's annual Patient Advocacy Summit follows another recent Oncology Policy Summit where the organization unveiled recommendations for screening health-related social needs ( HRSN ) in cancer care.