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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 April 2022
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Translating Research into Practice (TRIP), a hybrid implementation pragmatic clinical trial and CTSA collaboration, aims to implement a standardized breast cancer patient navigation protocol across five sites in Boston, MA. The goal of this study was to assess individual and institutional barriers and facilitators to implementing this protocol. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: From November 2019 to August 2020, researchers conducted ethnographic observations of Patient Navigators (PN) at three of the five participating sites. Each PN at each site was observed for two, four-hour blocks by researchers trained in ethnographic research. Observers took notes using TRIPs 11 Step Protocol as a guide, which includes identifying patients at risk for delays in care, screening and referring patients to resources for health-related social needs, and tracking patients across the care continuum. Fieldnotes were uploaded into Dedoose and coded deductively by four researchers using a comparison and consensus approach. Researchers analyzed the data to identify barriers and facilitators to both implementing each protocol step and maximizing navigations ability to promote health equity. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Across all sites, PNs faced barriers to adhering to the TRIP Protocol due to practical workflow constraints including their level of engagement across the cancer care continuum. Although there are other staff members who engage in navigation activities, navigation is often viewed solely as the responsibility of the PN. Operationalizing navigation as a person rather than a process creates confusion around the role, and PNs are often seen as a catchall position when other staff do not know how to help a patient. The time that PNs spend on tasks unrelated to core navigation activities described in the TRIP Protocol prevents PNs from navigating patients most at risk for delays in care. A lack of continuity across the care continuum can create role confusion for the PNs. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Patient Navigation can promote health equity; however, any task that pulls PNs away from navigating patients most at risk for delays in care diminishes this potential. PNs abilities to enact the TRIP protocol, which they saw as valuable, is circumscribed by the extent to which navigation is operationalized as a process within the institution.
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