Abstract
Objective: This study investigated responsibilities, skill sets, degrees, and certifications required of health care navigators in order to identify areas of potential overlap with health sciences librarianship.Method: The authors conducted a content analysis of health care navigator position announcements and developed and assigned forty-eight category terms to represent the sample’s responsibilities and skill sets.Results: Coordination of patient care and a bachelor’s degree were the most common responsibility and degree requirements, respectively. Results also suggest that managing and providing health information resources is an area of overlap between health care navigators and health sciences librarians, and that librarians are well suited to serve on navigation teams.Conclusion: Such overlap may provide an avenue for collaboration between navigators and health sciences librarians.
Highlights
According to Huber and colleagues, ‘‘The first patient navigation program was established in 1990 by Harold P
Health care navigator position announcements were collected between September 2013 and April 2014 in order to perform a content analysis of roles, skill sets, degrees, and certifications associated with navigators
A library science research assistant collected and transcribed position announcement data, which were reviewed by three researchers with expertise in health sciences librarianship and interprofessional health care
Summary
According to Huber and colleagues, ‘‘The first patient navigation program was established in 1990 by Harold P. Navigator programs have grown tremendously to include most aspects of the health care system, and research to investigate their impact and funding to support both have grown as well’’ [7]. The American Medical Association articulates that the ‘‘primary role of a patient navigator should be to foster patient autonomy and provide patients with information that enhances their ability to make appropriate health care choices and/or receive medical care with an enhanced sense of confidence about risks, benefits, and responsibilities’’ [10]. Activities that navigators perform and roles that they fulfill often vary
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