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亨茨曼癌症研究所 在 犹他大学 has been awarded $300,000 from the American Cancer Society to exp和 病人导航 和 connect rural cancer patients that reside in the Mountain West to lifesaving services 和 resources.
Patient navigators are vital members of the health care team. 他们协调预约, connect to internal 和 community resources, facilitate communication between the patient 和 health care team, 在许多其他职责中. These services are free to 亨茨曼癌症研究所 patients. 亨斯迈癌症研究所 the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Mountain West, serving the largest geographic region of any cancer center, 包括犹他州, 爱达荷州, 蒙大拿, 内华达, 和怀俄明州.
The American Cancer Society's commitment to ensure those impacted by cancer are being cared for, 不管他们住在哪里, will help 亨茨曼癌症研究所 do the same. Arif Kamal, MD, chief patient officer 在 American Cancer Society, 说, "ACS is committed to advancing high-quality cancer care through capacity building 和 support for innovative, sustainable models of oncology 病人导航. Patient navigation is a crucial component in our commitment to ensuring everyone has a fair 和 just opportunity to prevent, 找到, 治疗, 战胜癌症."
The patient navigators at 亨茨曼癌症研究所 currently focus on three unique communities: 青少年和年轻人, 美国印第安人, 说西班牙语. This award will exp和 the 病人导航 program to focus on a fourth area: rural residents in Utah, 蒙大拿, 和怀俄明州. 作为扩大计划的一部分, an additional patient navigator will be hired 和 trained to meet rural patients' unique needs 和 help address barriers to individualized, 及时的, 公平医疗. The navigator will collaborate closely with members of 亨茨曼癌症研究所's affiliate hospital program: St. Peter's Health in Helena, 蒙大拿; St. 《约翰在杰克逊的健康, 怀俄明; 和 Memorial Hospital Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center in Rock Springs, 怀俄明.
"亨茨曼癌症研究所's 病人导航 team is excited for this opportunity to exp和 病人导航 services to rural cancer patients 和 their families. Rural cancer patients face many barriers to equitable health care: higher cancer death rates, higher frequency of late-stage cancer diagnosis, 更少的临床试验机会, lower likelihoods of receiving st和ard of care in 治疗ment, 在他们中间,唐娜·布兰森说。, director of patient 和 公共 education at 亨茨曼癌症研究所. "This funding will help us identify the top challenges for rural cancer patients 和 implement strategies to better serve them."
萨钦·阿普特，医学博士，硕士，MBA, chief clinical officer of 亨茨曼癌症研究所 和 physician-in-chief of the cancer hospital, 重申影响. "This grant from the American Cancer Society is designed to bolster navigation capacity-building through expansion into the area we serve—a vast rural 和 frontier population in the Mountain West,阿普特说。. "These residents experience significant challenges when receiving complex cancer care. 有了这笔拨款, we can further develop a rural navigation service targeted to the unique needs of rural patients. Such efforts bring us one step closer to realizing our vision of delivering a future free from cancer."
亨斯迈癌症研究所 14个卫生系统之一 across the country to receive this grant.
Sponsorship for this initiative was led by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, along with Bristol Myers Squibb. Additional sponsors include Daiichi Sankyo, the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute including P30 CA042014, 亨茨曼癌症基金会.
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希瑟·西蒙森
公共事务高级经理
亨茨曼癌症研究所
801 581-3194
公共.affairs@hci.犹他州.edu
关于亨斯迈癌症研究所 在 犹他大学
亨茨曼癌症研究所 在 犹他大学 is the National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center for Utah, 爱达荷州, 蒙大拿, 内华达, 和怀俄明州. With a legacy of innovative cancer research, 突破性的发现, 世界一流的病人护理, we are transforming the way cancer is understood, 预防, 诊断, 治疗, 并存活下来. 亨茨曼癌症研究所 focuses on delivering the most advanced cancer healing 和 prevention through scientific breakthroughs 和 cutting-edge technology to advance cancer 治疗ments of the future beyond the st和ard of care today. 大发娱乐有超过 300项公开临床试验 和 250个研究小组 研究癌症. More genes for inherited cancers have been discovered at 亨茨曼癌症研究所 than at any other cancer center. Our scientists are world-renowned for underst和ing how cancer begins 和 using that knowledge to develop innovative approaches to 治疗 each patient’s unique disease. 亨茨曼癌症研究所 was founded by Jon M. 和卡伦·亨茨曼.