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Optimizing tracking and completion of follow-up colonoscopy after abnormal stool tests at health systems participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program
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11 2024
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Source: Cancer Causes Control. 35(11):1467-1476
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Alternative Title:Cancer Causes Control
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Description:Purpose
We present findings from an assessment of award recipients’ partners from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP). We describe partners’ processes of identifying and tracking patients undergoing stool-based screening.
Methods
We analyzed data from eight CRCCP award recipients purposively sampled and their partner health systems from 2019 to 2023. The data included number of stool-based tests distributed and returned; abnormal findings; referrals and completion of follow-up colonoscopies; and colonoscopy findings. We also report on strategies to improve tracking of stool-based tests and facilitation of follow-up colonoscopies.
Results
Five of eight CRCCP award recipients reported that all or some partner health systems were able to report stool test return rates. Six had health systems that were able to report abnormal stool test findings. Two reported that health systems could track time to follow-up colonoscopy completion from date of referral, while four could report colonoscopy completion but not the timeframe. Follow-up colonoscopy completion varied substantially from 24.2 to 75.5% (average of 47.9%). Strategies to improve identifying and tracking screening focused mainly on the use of electronic medical records; strategies to facilitate follow-up colonoscopy were multi-level.
Conclusion
Health systems vary in their ability to track steps in the stool-based screening process and few health systems can track time to completion of follow-up colonoscopy. Longer time intervals can result in more advanced disease. CRCCP-associated health systems participating in this study could support the implementation of multicomponent strategies at the individual, provider, and health system levels to improve tracking and completion of follow-up colonoscopy.
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Pubmed ID:39107449
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11670815
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Volume:35
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Issue:11
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