Introducing patient navigation electronic log (PaNEL): An innovative platform to facilitate cancer screening and detection

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:1023.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Community Health Services
  • Community Health Workers*
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Medical Informatics Applications*
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Microcomputers
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Patient Advocacy
  • United States