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Patient Navigation Center. Presented by AACI’s Patient Navigation Team Evanthia Antonakopoulou Steve Choy Anna Ng Elisa Orona. Who is AACI?. Asian Americans for Community Involvement ( www.aaci.org )
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Patient Navigation Center • Presented by AACI’s Patient Navigation Team • Evanthia Antonakopoulou • Steve Choy • Anna Ng • Elisa Orona Page
Who is AACI? Asian Americans for Community Involvement (www.aaci.org) 40 year old service, education and advocacy non-profit serving Santa Clara County, California 9 programs, 165 staff, 13,800 users, 35,000 visits (2012) ‘a lookalike health center with lots of out-of-scope services’ We build customer-facing safety net programs in first generation communities Page
What Are We Up To? As health care reform drives providers toward better health, better care and lower cost, we are building patient centered health homes that integrate our behavioral health, clinical and enabling services Reinventing enabling services using two proven technologies Reinvention’s 3 year ROI – 1.3X Page
Innovation Proven interventions: community health workers and career advancement academies Disruption at the low end, not the high end: integrated primary care, not inpatient care coordination Patient, not provider focus: visit enhancement, not case management Technology tricks (we’re in Silicon Valley….) Page
How We Roll Clinician refers patient for specialty/lab/radiology consult Software matches patient language/time needs, texts appropriate patient navigator (PN) PN meets patient, accompanies her to referral service, checks in, interprets/explains, checks out App records non-clinical activities. After checkout, clinical supervisor reviews before posting. Instant electronic payment. Page
Where Are We Now? July 2012 CMS award January 2013 – first cohort enrolled at San Jose City College September 2013 – second City College cohort; first CañadaCollege cohort September 2014 – cohorts at City College, Cañadaand Skyline FY 2013-14 tasks – workflow redesign, internship placement, job counseling Page
What is Patient Navigation? Two goals • Community empowerment through education • Great customer service Strategy Improve the health outcomes in vulnerable populations by eliminating barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other chronic diseases. Page
History of Patient Navigation The Harlem Model Freeman, H. P. & Rodriguez, R. L. (2011). History and principles of patient navigation. Cancer, 117(15), 3539-3542. Page
Model of Patient Navigation Smith Center for Healing and the Arts . (n.d.). Our integrative navigation model. Retrieved from http://www.smithcenter.org/integrative-patient-navigation/our-integrative-navigation-model.html Page
AACI’s Flavor of Patient Navigation Asian and Hispanic community members Educated/trained at local community colleges Cohort-based, contextual education Career ladders Page
Expectations of a Patient Navigator Navigate the health care system • Coordinate referral appointments • Provide checklists and reminders Accompany patients to referral visits • Improve communication • Anticipate and overcome cultural differences • Help patient identify resources • Assist patient in developing a self-care plan • Document activities accurately and efficiently • Participate on the healthcare team Page
Questions? Page