NCONA Annual Virtual Conference
Elevating Navigation - Leveraging Technology

Description

Technological innovation is the lifeblood of advances in medical care. Such innovation can drive improved screening, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship care and lead to improved patient outcomes. However, if unevenly disseminated across different populations it also holds the potential to widen the disparities gap. This year's NCONA conference is meant to help both clinical and non-clinical navigators understand and apply some important advances in tracking navigation actions and outcomes, evaluating return-on-investment (ROI) of navigation to a health system, molecular diagnostics and fluid biopsies, and the increasing role of wearables in monitoring patient vitals. We look forward to seeing you on Webex!

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Agenda

8:00am - 8:45am	Sign-on and Virtual Exhibit Hall
8:45am - 9:15am	Welcome The Importance of Understanding New Technologies in Navigation — Steve Patierno, PhD Deputy Director, Duke Cancer Institute
9:15am - 10:15am	Plenary Session I: Innovations in Tracking Navigation Actions and Outcomes (Part 1) — Patricia Valverde, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Interim Director of Latino Research and Policy Center Colorado School of Public Health
10:15am - 10:30am	Break and Virtual Exhibit Hall
10:30am - 11:30am	Plenary Session 1: Innovations in Tracking Navigation Actions and Outcomes (Part II) — Judy Koutlas, MSN, RN, OCN Senior Director, Navigation Operations Sarah Cannon Cancer Center — Beth Matthews, MSN, RN, OCN, ONN-CG Navigation Director Sarah Cannon Cancer Center at North Carolina Division
11:30am - 12:30pm	Lunch and Virtual Exhibit Hall
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Plenary Session II: Innovations in Molecular Diagnostic Testing — Sonja Alexander, MS, CRNP, AOCNP Associate Director Foundation Medicine, Inc.
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Mobile Health in Oncology: Clinical Research and Implications for Care — Anthony Sung, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke School of Medicine Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy Duke Cancer Institute
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Wrap-up and Summary — Steve Patierno, PhD Director, Duke Cancer Institute

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioners, nurses, oncology nurse navigators, administrators, care coordinators, fellows, medical students, nursing students, patient navigators, community health workers, case managers, social workers, psychologists, patient advocates, community ambassadors, lay health advisors, community educators, peer support specialists and lay volunteer patient navigators

Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Describe the current state and future directions of molecular diagnostics and its impact on navigation programs
• Examine the various methods for outcome development and sustainability of navigation programs
• Compare the latest trends in wearable health technology with improving patient outcomes
• Examine the latest innovations with program partnerships and enhancing the footprint of navigation

Faculty

• Sonja Alexander, MS, CRNP, AOCNP
• Judy B. Koutlas, RN, MS, OCN
• Steven R. Patierno, PhD
• Anthony Sung, MD
• Patricia Valverde, PhD, MPH, BA