Effectiveness of a provider reminder on fecal occult blood test follow-up

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1991-1996

  Larson, Meaghan F ^a   Ko, Cynthia W ^b   Dominitz, Jason A ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Delivery of health care; Health personnel; Mass screening; Occult blood; Quality of health care; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68249135713     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0751-2     Document Type: Article

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