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Patient Navigator

Funding
As part of the "Cooperative Planning Grant for Cancer Disparities Research Partnership Program," (CDRP) the National Cancer Institute's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities provided funding for a Patient Navigator Program to be implemented at the funded sites. http://crchd.nci.nih.gov/initiatives/pnp/ In September 2002, two sites, Laredo Medical Center and Rapid City Regional Hospital, were awarded funds to establish a Patient Navigator Program. In September 2003, four sites, Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Singing River Hospital and UPMC McKeesport, were awarded funds to establish a Patient Navigator Program.

Grantee Patient Navigator Programs

Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center

Laredo Medical Center

Rapid City Regional Hospital

New Hanover Regional Medical Center

Singing River Hospital

UPMC McKeesport