VANCOUVER, B.C.—Hiring a full-time patient navigator may significantly improve outcomes in underinsured patients undergoing colonoscopy, according to data presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.
Findings from the single-institution study showed that implementation of a full-time patient navigator resulted in an 85% rate of adequate bowel preparations and a greater than 90% rate of procedure completions among underinsured patients, which is in line