# SBIR PHASE I TOPIC 406 - CANCER NAVIGATION PLATFORM

> **NIH NIH N43** · BROAD AXE CARE COORDINATION LLC D/B/A LOCUS HEALTH · 2020 · $377,061

## Abstract

Locus will develop a scalable, clinician-configurable, HIPAA-compliant Saas platform called the
Cancer Navigation Platform ("Platform"). The long-term goal of the effort is to provide timely cancer care and
improve patient outcomes. The short-term goals are to develop, deploy and evaluate a Platform that: 1)
reduces the cognitive ortime burden (or both) of navigation-related tasks performed by either PNs or
patients: 2) is well-integrated in the work flow of patient navigators (PNs) and existing IT architecture: 3) securely transmits
information across a variety of IT systems. The technical scope includes the development, deployment and
evaluation of the Platform. The following are the proposed specific objectives: 1) establish a
transdisciplinary project team; 2) perform a targeted literature review to inform the needs assessment of PNs
and the design, development and evaluation of the platform; 3) conduct a needs assessment of PNs, cancer
care team members and cancer patients in multiple cancer care delivery sites; 4) develop the Platform
prototype to support the following patient navigation tasks: a) patient education, b) clinical communication,
and c) coordination care planning; 5) conduct a usability study with a minimum of 25 users; and 6)
disseminate and report on project activities to the National Cancer Institute.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10267365
- **Project number:** 75N91020C00044-0-9999-1
- **Recipient organization:** BROAD AXE CARE COORDINATION LLC D/B/A LOCUS HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** ANDY ARCHER
- **Activity code:** N43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $377,061
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2020-09-16 → 2021-06-15

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10267365

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10267365, SBIR PHASE I TOPIC 406 - CANCER NAVIGATION PLATFORM (75N91020C00044-0-9999-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10267365. Licensed CC0.

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