American Cancer Society, Sunrise Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Gather to Celebrate Patient Navigator Program
More than 1,600 Nevada Cancer Patients Helped by American Cancer Society’s Patient Navigator Program at Sunrise Hospital, funded by Anthem’s foundation
WHO: Patients who have used the Patient Navigator program at Sunrise over the past year; Linda Ivers, ACS Patient Navigator at Sunrise; American Cancer Society District Executive Director Juliana Pisani; Sunrise CEO Todd Sklamberg; and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada President Mike Murphy.
WHAT: The American Cancer Society Patient Navigator program at Sunrise was made possible by a $100,000 grant from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s corporate foundation to the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society launched the Patient Navigator program in 2005 in collaboration with community-based hospitals and cancer centers to help newly diagnosed patients and their caregivers, whether locating a wig for a chemotherapy patient, connecting them with a support group or arranging financial counseling.
The American Cancer Society’s Patient Navigator Program creates one-on-one relationships between newly diagnosed patients and trained patient navigators, who provide information, support and personal guidance throughout a cancer experience. The service is free and confidential, and places an emphasis on assisting medically underserved populations
WHEN / WHERE: Friday, March 22, 2013
Sunrise Hospital and Children’s Hospital
Sunrise Hospital Auditorium (first floor)
3186 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89109
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. (arrivals begin at 7:30 a.m.)
Complimentary breakfast to be offered
AUDIO / VISUALS: Imagine learning that you or a loved one has just been diagnosed with cancer – how do you prepare for the emotional, psychological and financial challenges ahead, let alone figure out the best treatment options? Hear firsthand accounts of patients who have used the Patient Navigator program in their cancer experience. In addition, hear from Sunrise and Anthem executives about their passion for the program.
About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end cancer for good. As a global grassroots force of three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping you stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early, helping you get well by being there for you during and after a diagnosis, by finding cures through groundbreaking discovery and fighting back through public policy. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing more than $3.8 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, an estimated 13.7 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.
About Sunrise Hospital
Chosen as the top hospital in Nevada by U.S. News and World Report and voted as the Best Hospital in Las Vegas by the Las Vegas Review Journal’s “Best of Las Vegas” readers’ poll, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center provides high-quality, advanced healthcare services in Southern Nevada and the surrounding region. A Consumer Choice award-winning hospital for 15 consecutive years, Las Vegas’ largest acute care facility offers a full range of specialized services including an Accredited Chest Pain Center, The Nevada Neurosciences Institute— the region’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center—featuring stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and sleep disorder treatments, a Comprehensive Cancer Center recognized by the American College of Surgeons, a comprehensive Breast Center, a Level-II Trauma and Emergency Services Department, a CARF accredited inpatient Rehabilitation Center, Orthopedics, Gamma Knife and specialty services in women’s health, pulmonology, critical care, complex surgery and wound care. Sharing the same campus is Sunrise Children’s Hospital, Nevada’s largest, most comprehensive children’s hospital.
About Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the trade name of Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, Inc. HMO products underwritten by HMO Colorado, Inc., dba HMO Nevada. Independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. ®ANTHEM is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Additional information about Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada is available at www.anthem.com. Also, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/healthjoinin, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HealthJoinIn, or visit our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/healthjoinin.
About the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation
Through charitable grant making, the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation LLC, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, promotes Anthem’s inherent commitment to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families in communities that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield serves. The Foundation focuses its funding on strategic initiatives that address and provide innovative solutions to health care challenges, as well as promoting the Healthy Generations Program, a multi-generational initiative that targets specific disease states and medical conditions. These include: prenatal care in the first trimester, low birth weight babies, cardiac morbidity rates, long term activities that decrease obesity and increase physical activity, diabetes prevalence in adult populations, adult pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations and smoking cessation. The Foundation also coordinates the company’s annual associate giving campaign and its parent foundation provides a 50 percent match of associates’ campaign pledges. ®ANTHEM is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
