Patient Perspectives to Employer Strategies: Crafting a Comprehensive Approach to Cancer Care
- Available On Demand
- 1 hour
As global cancer incidence rates rise, signaling a higher risk of diagnosis within the workforce, it is increasingly crucial for employers to understand the complexities and challenges their employees may encounter during their care journeys. When the average wait time to start treatment with a doctor after an abnormal screening result is 70 days, it can be difficult and frustrating for employees to navigate coverage, manage treatment costs, and get to medical appointments. And while abnormal screening results don’t always mean cancer, the complicated journey of interpreting results can lead to duplicative or missed care, as well as a negative impact on your employees’ mental health and wellbeing. Regrettably, these challenges are just a few examples of the broader systemic failures in providing timely and effective cancer care.
This webinar will share patient stories and practical approaches that employers can adopt to enhance pre- and post-diagnosis care, support recovery, and improve outcomes for employees. In this webinar, you’ll hear:
- An overview of the current state of cancer care in the current, fragmented healthcare system
- Real patient stories that uncover the logistical, financial, and psychological barriers that create hurdles for comprehensive cancer care at every stage of the journey
- How employers can help deliver supportive, continuous care throughout the cancer journey – providing reassurance to employees, accelerating the time to care, and helping them understand results and quickly hook them into next steps
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Speakers:
Miranda Kruse
Cancer survivor and Cancer Connect Leader, for Color Health
Miranda was diagnosed with a form of head and neck cancer in 2021 and used her Cancer Connect skills throughout surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and now in recovery. She has been a leader for 3 years.
Lyndsey Griffin
Director of Navigation Credentialing, American Cancer Society (ACS)
Lyndsey Griffin is the Director of Navigation Credentialing at the American Cancer Society (ACS), where she oversees the development and implementation of a comprehensive patient navigation training and credentialing program. Her responsibilities include managing content development, training expansion, accreditation efforts, and organizational partnerships within the Leadership in Oncology Navigation (LION) program. Lyndsey ensures the integration of ACS’ health equity principles and collaborates with various departments to align the Training and Credentialing program with ACS’ broader patient navigation strategy.With 13 years of experience in social work, Lyndsey has worked as a medical social worker, oncology social worker, oncology patient financial navigator, and senior research program manager. She has extensive experience in providing direct care to cancer patients, assisting with diagnosis adjustment, resource planning, systems navigation, and cancer-specific care coordination. Before joining ACS, Lyndsey was a Senior Research Program Manager at the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), where she led the Community Oncology Research Institute (ACORI). In this role, she focused on building clinical research capacity in community oncology practices and increasing diversity in cancer clinical trials. Lyndsey’s expertise includes program administration, coordinating clinician and patient advisory groups, managing budgets, and developing educational content for providers.
Lyndsey holds a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Health Administration at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
Keegan Duchicela, MD
Director Medical Affairs, Color Health
Dr. Keegan Duchicela serves as the Director of Medical Affairs at Color Health and is a board certified family physician. He trained at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and Stanford University, where he subsequently served as faculty.At Color Health, Dr. Duchicela has been involved in the creation of various population health initiatives, including cardiometabolic screening, virtual PrEP care, and COVID-19 antiviral test-to-treat programs. Currently, he helps lead the clinical protocol development for Color’s Virtual Cancer Clinic, which emphasizes the use of evidence-based guidelines to enhance cancer screening and diagnostic services, with a focus on accessibility and improving patient outcomes through early detection.
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