An alerting system improves adherence to follow-up recommendations from colonoscopy examinations

Gastroenterology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1166-1173.e3

  Leffler, Daniel A ^a   Neeman, Naama ^a   Rabb, James M ^a   Shin, Jacob Y ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^b   Pallav, Kumar ^a   Falchuk, Z Myron ^a   Aronson, Mark D ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon Cancer Surveillance; Efficacy; Quality Improvement; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79953206259     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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