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The Annenberg Foundation recently awarded $12,000 for a Patient Navigation, a pilot program designed to address the multiple barriers to care experienced by low income, indigent and recent immigrant/minority women we serve at our Women's Health Center.
"Patients served by the Women's Health Center are reflective of the ethnically diverse, low income neighborhood where the clinic is located," explains Dr. Christopher Lau, NECC Executive Director/CEO.
"These patients typically experience multiple barriers to receiving quality care, including low socioeconomic status, limited education, and cultural differences/limited English proficiency."
Patient navigation is an evidence-based and innovative approach to health care that provides individualized assistance to high risk patients and families, according to Dr. Lau. "Patient navigators are trained, culturally sensitive and culturally competent health care workers who provide support and guidance throughout the care continuum.
They help people 'navigate' through the maze of doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals, outpatient centers, insurance and payment systems, patient-support organizations, and other components of the health care system."
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