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Colleen Sullivan-Moore, is an incredibly talented individual who, during her three years as the Patient Navigator at our Breast Imaging Center in Albuquerque, created a culture of caring and concern for our patients that persists to this day. She has a gift with patients that I have not seen before or since, and has the remarkable ability to pass on that gift to others.

Michael N. Linver, MD, FACR, FSBI

Director Emeritus, Breast Imaging Center

X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C.

Clinical Professor of Radiology,

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Adjunct Professor of Radiology,

George Washington University School of Medicine

Colleen is a great navigator who taught me how to navigate breast cancer patients.  Patients and navigators love Colleens' technique of how to navigate through complicated cancer treatment.  She radiates her love and passion for navigating patients while teaching and training navigators.

Carol Pinto

Registered Nurse 

Infusion

Each patient Colleen navigates receives her undivided attention as she weaves a seamless path through the complicated maze of clinical options. She models collaboration with physicians, staff, and other nurses as she discovers hidden community resources for her clients. Her creativity, combined with her unmatched compassion and nursing experience, results in an extremely effective patient navigator program which achieved the facility's first NAPBC Accreditation. Colleen's innate ability to coach others to do this challenging work makes her a highly sought after consultant. 

Diana M. Weber, MD

Breast Surgeon and Medical Director

Optum Health of New Mexico

I have known Colleen Sullivan-Moore for 12 years and recruited her to lead a nurse navigation program for a new comprehensive cancer program in a competitive community. Her reputation among our physicians, our cancer community and among nationally recognized leaders in breast cancer was impressive.  She was able to initiate this program and became a key catalyst in growing our program in terms of patient volume, recruitment, and expansion of effectiveness of our interdisciplinary breast conference. Remarkably, she was among the pioneers in establishing navigation as a nursing discipline and trained many locally and nationally. She went on to formally structure nurse navigation through developing navigation acuity instruments currently under validation.  Colleen recognized the value brought to patients and organizations by addressing Commission on Cancer and National Consortium of Breast Centers standards.  She has the knowledge, passion, training and experience to share this expertise with others as we all journey towards providing the best experience for our patients, staff, and healthcare organizations through this challenging era.

Dava F. Gerard, MD, FACS, MPH

Former Surveyor for Commission on Cancer and National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers

Former Director of Cancer Service Line, Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Colleen became the binding force between patients and doctors, helping each to understand the other in every level of the patient treatment course.  She educated our team about the NAPBC Accreditation process and prepared the conference for CME approval.  She helped us to develop a survivorship-care-plan process and to acknowledge the special needs of our stakeholders.  Colleen taught me to be a better doctor to my patients as well as a more empathetic caregiver in understanding the many different belief principles that guide us through the many decisions we make.  Colleen is the true definition of a nurse navigator, possessing the extensive knowledge, specialized skills, and good clinical judgment to improve patient outcome. 

Anna M Voltura, MD 

Medical Director of Breast Surgical Associates of Santa Fe 

The Patient Navigator Acuity Tool, also registered as the Patient Navigator Acuity Monograph, was formally copyrighted in the United States on December 18, 2014, by Colleen Sullivan-Moore, MS, RN, and Connie Cook. It was first introduced to the professional navigation community in 2015 at the National Consortium of Breast Centers.

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Copyright Registration Title: Patient Navigator Acuity Monograph©

• Copyright Registration Date: December 18, 2014
• Authors: Colleen Sullivan-Moore, MS, RN, and Connie Cook 

The copyrighted Patient Navigator Acuity Monograph was first shared publicly as:

• Abstract & Poster Presentation – National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) Conference, Las Vegas, March 2015 “Patient Navigation Acuity: A Standardized Approach to Assessing Barriers and Workload.”
• Followed by additional NCBC poster presentations (2016).

The Acuity Tool has been consistently acknowledged in professional navigation discussions and publications since 2015.

The Patient Navigator Acuity Monograph© 2014, authored by Colleen Sullivan-Moore & Connie Cook, is also known in professional settings as the Patient Navigator Acuity Tool. Both terms refer to the same copyrighted work and are protected under U.S. copyright law. 

• Prohibited Use: Any reproduction, modification, publication, or integration into other tools, materials, or programs without written permission constitutes copyright infringement.
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