Center for Cancer Care
Patient Navigation

This is a difficult time for you. You may have questions and concerns about your health.  We can assist you with getting the care you need.

We want to tell you about our patient navigation program.  A patient navigator is here to help you through this time. This person will make sure you get the support and services you need. Our objective is that you receive the best care possible.

What can Patient Navigation do for you?

• Guide you through the health care system
• Help you find assistance and ways to pay for health care if you don’t have insurance
• Direct you to health care services for further diagnosis and treatment
• Direct you to local resources and support
• Help you keep track of and find resources to help you get to your appointments
• Help you get your questions answered
• Help you find more information on health care

Patient Navigation will benefit you through:

• Improved understanding of cancer and treatment options
• Improved access to health care services
• Fewer delayed and missed appointments
• Improved understanding of the health care system and facility
• Increased satisfaction with your health care experience

Patient Comments:

“It is so comforting to have someone that you can talk to, someone that has answers to your questions, someone to help you navigate the system.  Thank you for providing this service.”

“The education piece helped to alleviate the fear which is very important.”

About our Patient Navigator:               

With 15 years experience in oncology, over a decade at Exeter Hospital, Amy

Amy Litterini, PT, DPT Certified Patient Navigator

launched the Patient Navigation Program in 2010 for the Center for Cancer Care at Exeter. 
  
“Cancer can be a very challenging, complicated diagnosis that is often stressful not only for patients, but for the entire family.  With advances in technology, survivors are often faced with complex treatment decisions and overwhelming information.  Our job as Patient Navigators is to help survivors along their cancer journey with support and education while being their partner and advocate.  With this help, survivors can become active, confident participants in their care which makes them feel more in control,” said Amy.
 

Amy is a certified Patient Navigator by the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute in New York.  As a doctoral prepared oncology physical therapist, Amy started the Oncology Rehabilitation, Lymphedema, Cancer Well-fit Exercise and Cancer Wellness supportive care programs for Exeter Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care.  She has conducted and published grant-funded research on cancer survivorship and is a board member of the Oncology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society.   

If you have questions or would like more information about the program you can reach Amy at (603)580-7067.