Sustainability Domains
PNSAT Domains of Sustainability
Engaged Staff & Leadership: Having frontline staff and management within the organization who are supportive of the patient navigation practice.
Organizational Context & Capacity: The patient navigation practice has the internal support and resources needed to effectively navigate patients/clients.
Funding Stability: The patient navigation practice has established a consistent financial base.
Engaged Community: The patient navigation practice has external support and engagement (beyond the patient navigation team).
Communication, Planning & Implementation: Using processes that guide the direction, goals, and strategies of the patient navigation practice.
Workflow Integration: Designing the patient navigation practice to fit into existing processes, policies, and technologies.
Monitoring & Evaluation: Assessing the patient navigation practice to inform planning and document results.
Outcomes & Effectiveness: Understanding and measuring the outcomes and impact of the patient navigation practice.
Adapting the Wash U Sustainability Domains
Patient navigation practices generally encompass elements of clinical practices as well as public health programs. The Patient Navigation Sustainability Assessment Tool was developed to fuse the domains and questions from Washington University's Program Sustainability Assessment Tool and pilot version of the Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool. See the similarities and differences among the different domains of the tools below.
