Navigating Cancer Diagnostics – A Closer Look at the Role of the Precision Medicine Steward

While advancements in cancer diagnostics and genomics continue to accelerate, the need to centralize and improve coordination around biomarker testing is more important than ever. Hear how precision medicine stewards are helping to bridge the gaps and challenges associated with cancer diagnostics and biomarker testing. In this episode, CANCERBUZZ speaks with Crystal Enstad, MBA, BSN, RN, OCN at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD, about the role of precision medicine stewards and Sanford's experience with implementing this unique role in the multidisciplinary cancer care team. "We really needed to educate patients, educate our staff, create streamlined processes, and ensure that we were getting testing at the right time and getting those results back to the patients to make sure we were impacting patient services and patient care when it was crucial– at the time of progression and at the time when they are meeting the physician to go over what options they have next." –Crystal Enstad, MBA, BSN, RN, OCN Crystal Enstad, MBA, BSN, RN, OCN Oncology Nurse Navigator Genomics Sanford Health Sioux Falls, SD Resources: Precision Medicine Stewardship (accc-cancer.org) Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators