COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Sharisse Hebert
TITLE: INCREASING COLORECTAL SCREENING RATES WITHIN A HOME-BASED PRIMARY CARE SETTING: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
ABSTRACT: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most diagnosed cancer, following breast and lung cancer, with a global estimate of 1.8 million new cases yearly (Tsipa et al., 2021). This quality improvement project setting’s healthcare effectiveness data and information set (HEDIS) score on CRC screening is consistently low and patients do not complete the CRC screening. This project aims to improve HEDIS scores and increase colorectal cancer screening rates in the project setting within three months. Among healthcare providers employed at a home-based primary care setting (P), will a CRC screening, train-the-trainer session, and weekly phone call reminders to patients (I) improve CRC screening rates (O) compared with current pre-intervention CRC screening rates (C) among patients ages 50 to 75 within three months (T)? Providers and staff attended a CRC training session, and patients were given education materials and a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) kit, followed by phone call reminders. Pre-intervention and post-intervention project design. Descriptive Statistics and McNemar’s Chi-square test was used for data analysis. The intervention was statistically significant. Conclusion: Provider education, patient education material, and phone call reminders effectively increase CRC screening in home-bound populations.
Keywords: colorectal cancer screening, home-based screening, PDSA model, patient reminder, patient educational intervention, patient navigation.
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