Patient navigation for overactive bladder improves access to care.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Patients with overactive bladder (OAB) become discouraged with medication therapy because of the side effects, minimal subjective improvement and costs of therapy. With the implementation of a patient navigation pathway there is increased communication, subsequently leading to increased patient retention rates and utilization of third-line therapies.

Methods: This was a quality improvement study carried out over a 17-month period comparing utilization of a navigation pathway versus patients without navigation.