Patient Navigation

Patient Navigation is a structured intervention within healthcare delivery systems that facilitates patients’ timely access to diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care through individualized guidance and removal of barriers, distinguishing it from general care coordination by its focus on active mentorship and system navigation across complex, often fragmented services.

505

Publications

22.8K

Citations

2.5K

Authors

873

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

207

Parents

Continuity Of CareIntegrated Care

Children

Cancer Care NavigationDiagnostic ResolutionHigh-risk Patient SupportNavigation ImplementationNavigation Workflow DesignNavigation Workforce TrainingPalliative Care NavigationScreening NavigationSurvivorship Navigation

Publications

505

Expanding access to cancer screening and clinical follow-up among the medically underserved.

H P Freeman, Barbara Muth, Jon Kerner · PubMed · 1995 · 450 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Preventive Medicine +15

Using navigators to improve care of underserved patients

Daniel Dohan, Deborah Schrag · Cancer · 2005 · 440 citations

Public Health, Oncology, Cancer Control +16

National Cancer Institute Patient Navigation Research Program

Karen M. Freund, Tracy A. Battaglia, Elizabeth A. Calhoun et al. · Cancer · 2008 · 344 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Oncology Nursing +17

HIV System Navigation: An Emerging Model to Improve HIV Care Access

Judith Bradford, S. M. Coleman, William E. Cunningham · AIDS Patient Care and STDs · 2007 · 332 citations

Public Affairs, Health Services Administration, Health Systems +17

Worldwide Survey on the Use of Navigation in Spine Surgery

Roger Härtl, Khai S. Lam, Jeffrey Wang et al. · World Neurosurgery · 2012 · 268 citations

Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery +13

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Authors

2.5K

TA
Tracy A. Battaglia
Boston University, United States
16 publications · 1.2K citations
16
h-index
KF
Kevin Fiscella
University of Rochester, United States
16 publications · 1.3K citations
16
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EA
Elizabeth A. Calhoun
University of Illinois Chicago, United States
18 publications · 1.1K citations
15
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ED
Electra D. Paskett
The Ohio State University, United States
14 publications · 834 citations
14
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KM
Karen M. Freund
Boston University, United States
14 publications · 1.1K citations
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Institutions

873

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Venues

Cancer
29 publications · 2K citations
22
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Journal of Cancer Education
14 publications · 641 citations
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BMC Health Services Research
14 publications · 638 citations
14
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Clinical journal of oncology nursing
14 publications · 559 citations
13
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PubMed
Repository · 17 publications · 794 citations
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