Welcome Oncology Patient and Nurse Navigators!
Drop by our booth (#215) and see the Bag It Bag in person.
WHO WE ARE
Bag It Cancer is a nonprofit organization that has provided more than 96,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients with a Bag It resource Bag—and at no cost to the patients. The Bag It resources help anyone with any type of cancer and include a dedicated publication for caregivers.
What’s in the Bag?
The Bag It Bag includes publications and customizable tools designed to ensure your patients have access to current, credible information as well as tools to help them navigate their cancer journey.
- My Companion Guidebook provide tools for patients to organize records, record questions, write down appointments, log medications and symptoms, and more. Patients and caregivers can easily compile and transport notes and records to appointments.
- The most up-to-date and respected patient resources available today, including publications and content from AICR, ASCO, Triage Cancer, NCCN, NCCS, and NCI.
Why Bag It?
According to our research, patients and medical providers report that the Bag It resources:
- Give patients a better understanding of their cancer and how to monitor/manage symptoms and side-effects.
- Educate and empower patients and caregivers to ask better questions and become active members of their own heathcare team.
- Help patients organize their personal information and records in one place for easy reference and transport to their various appointments.
- Help patients cope and deal with quality of life issues.
For Your Practice, Bag It Bags Offer:
- A comprehensive patient information resource that meets your OCM, COC and QOPI Requirements.
- Dedicated section for you to personalize with patient cancer-specific and treatment information.
- Content that is always up-to-date and reflects the most relevant information available. We do the work so your team doesn’t have to.
- The option to co-brand with your own organization’s information and customize with additional resources targeted to specific cancers.
- The option to customize and brand the Bag It content specific to your practice and include cancer-type or practice specific information as desired.
Patient Navigator’s Bag It Testimonial
“As a Breast Patient Navigator, I am interacting with patients at the time when they first hear they have cancer. This life changing moment is overwhelming and they are at a loss on what to do next. I have found the Bag It Companion Guidebook to be an invaluable resource for my patients.
I go through each section of the book with them and help them understand how to best utilize it. My favorite page in the book is the “Appointment summary log.” It is so important for patients to be informed about their care and treatment plans and to be able to advocate for themselves. The summary log is a great tool for them to document what was said at their appointments, have questions prepared for their doctor, and make sure the appropriate follow-ups happen.
So often at the end of my meetings with patients, they tell me how grateful they are to have this resource and that they feel less overwhelmed about how to move forward.”
—Mandy Davis, Breast Health Patient Navigator
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The Right Information, Right When They Need It
The Bag It Bag resources include:
Taking Time, published by the National Cancer Institute—This resource discusses the many emotions that come with having cancer, how it can affect relationships, and how to communicate with others.
CancerResource: Living Well with Cancer and Beyond, from the American Institute for Cancer Research, provides information on nutrition and cancer. The content includes common questions people ask about diet, nutrition, and physical activity during and after cancer treatment and offers suggestions for common cancer or treatment-related symptom management.
Caring for the Caregiver, from the National Cancer Institute—This booklet provides ways for a friend or family member to take care of themselves while caring for someone with cancer.
Paths to Survivorship—This publication combines components of the best patient resource content available today and provides it in a single resource book. Covering topics relevant for diagnosis and beyond, the topics include: Self-Advocacy, Diagnosis & Treatment, Coping With Cancer, Practical Matters, After Treatment Ends, and Living With Chronic or Advanced Cancer.
Order Bag It Bags for Your Practice
As an AONN Conference Attendee, you can order a free sample bag, which will include the My Companion Guidebook and all the resources. Email: crispin@bagitcancer.org
Place your first order by 1/31/24 and receive 10% off the first order. (Code AONN23)