Policy Considerations at the Intersection of Technology and Patient Navigation | Dec 7, 2023

Meeting Information: December 7, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Bethesda, MD

On December 7, 2023, the President’s Cancer Panel held the third of three public meetings on the topic of Reducing Cancer Inequities: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Patient Navigation in Bethesda, Maryland. This event consisted of presentations and facilitated discussion among invited participants to explore policy opportunities relevant to the use of technology for cancer patient navigation. The document below summarizes the themes and priority areas that emerged from this meeting.

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Agenda

Time	Agenda Item
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions
8:50 - 9:00 a.m.	Discussion Process Overview
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.	Policies Impacting Patient Access to Navigation Technologies Presentation
9:10 – 10:15 a.m.	Policies Impacting Patient Access to Navigation Technologies Discussion
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 – 10:40 a.m.	Policies Protecting Patients, Their Privacy, and Their Data Presentation
10:40 – 11:45 a.m.	Policies Protecting Patients, Their Privacy, and Their Data Discussion
11:45 – 12:45 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 – 12:55 p.m.	Certification/Regulation of Patient Navigation Technologies Presentation
12:55 – 2:00 p.m.	Certification/Regulation of Patient Navigation Technologies Discussion
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 – 2:25 p.m.	Policies to Incentivize New Patient Navigation Technologies and Their Use Presentation
2:25 – 3:30 p.m.	Policies to Incentivize New Patient Navigation Technologies and Their Use Discussion
3:30 – 3:55 p.m.	Closing Discussions
3:55 - 4:00 p.m.	Final Comments and Meeting Close

Participants

Name	Title & Affiliations
Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH	Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health Boston Medical Center Boston, MA
Luis Belén	CEO The National HIT Collaborative for the Underserved, Inc. (NHIT®) Washington, DC
Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FACS, FAANS	Member President’s Cancer Panel Professor Department of Neurological Surgery University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Carol L. Brown, MD	Member President’s Cancer Panel Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
Kevin Chaney, MGS	Senior Advisor Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, MD
Jennifer Couch, PhD	Chief, Biophysics, Bioengineering, and Computational Sciences Branch National Cancer Institute Rockville, MD
Chris Dymek, EdD	Director Digital Healthcare Research Division Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, MD
Ricki Fairley, MBA	CEO and Co-Founder TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance Annapolis, MD
Tamika Felder	Chief Visionary Cervivor, Inc. Upper Marlboro, MD
Samantha L. Finstad, PhD	Senior Health Science Policy Advisor President’s Cancer Panel Program Director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Sara Gerke, Dipl-Jur Univ, MA	Assistant Professor of Law Penn State Dickinson Law Carlisle, PA
Darcie Green	Executive Director Latinas Contra Cancer San Jose, CA
Doug Jacobs, MD, MPH	Chief Transformation Officer Center for Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Washington, DC
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD	Chair President’s Cancer Panel Dana and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli Professor of Oncology Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Maureen R. Johnson, PhD	Executive Secretary President’s Cancer Panel Special Assistant, Office of the Director National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Katherine Kim, PhD, MPH, MBA, FAMIA	Principal, Consumer Health Informatics Health Innovation Center MITRE Corporation McLean, VA
Ron Kline, MD, FAAP	Chief Medical Officer Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group Center for Clinical Standards and Quality Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Baltimore, MD
Dinesh Kotak, MD	National Chair of Technology for Cancer Care Physician Lead, National Precision Medicine and Genomics Technology Initiative The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Sacramento, CA
Mei Wa Kwong, JD	Executive Director Center for Connected Health Policy Sacramento, CA
Michelle Mollica, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN	Deputy Director Office of Cancer Survivorship National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Daniela Monterroza, MSPH	Health Communications Fellow National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Kingsley I. Ndoh, MD, MPH	Founder and Chief Strategist Hurone AI Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health University of Washington Seattle, WA
Timil Patel, MD	Medical Oncologist U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD	Associate Director George Washington University Cancer Center Washington, DC
Alyssa Schatz, MSW	Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy National Comprehensive Cancer Network Plymouth Meeting, PA
Wade Shen, MS	Deputy Chief Technology Officer Director, National AI Initiative Office White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Washington, DC
Amy R. Sheon, PhD, MPH	President and Digital Health Equity Consultant Public Health Innovators, LLC Adjunct Faculty Case Western Reserve University and Arizona State University Rocky River, OH
Ya-Chen Tina Shih, PhD	Professor School of Medicine and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
Anne W. Snowdon, PhD	Chief Scientific Research Officer HIMSS Windsor, ON, Canada
Lisa A. Wagner, MPA	Senior Policy Advisor Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC